Soil physics is the study of soil's physical properties and processes. It is applied to management and prediction under natural and managed ecosystems...

Base for Soil Resources Soil biology Soil microbiology Soil chemistry Soil biochemistry Soil mineralogy Soil physics Pedotransfer function Soil mechanics...

Soil mechanics is a branch of soil physics and applied mechanics that describes the behavior of soils. It differs from fluid mechanics and solid mechanics...

tensiometer in soil science is a measuring instrument used to determine the matric water potential ( Ψ m {\displaystyle \Psi _{m}} ) (soil moisture tension)...

capillary fringe. Movement of water within the vadose zone is studied within soil physics and hydrology, particularly hydrogeology, and is of importance to agriculture...

effective at controling soil pH when compared to core aeration.[citation needed] Saha, Arun Kumar (2004). Text book of soil physics (3 ed.). Ludhiana: Kalyani...

occurs in soils that are particularly vulnerable to erosion by water. In soil layers where clays are saturated with sodium ions ("sodic soils"), soil can break...

neutron probe is a device used to measure the quantity of water present in soil. A typical neutron probe contains a pellet of americium-241 and beryllium...

Engineering physics, or engineering science, refers to the study of the combined disciplines of physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology, and engineering...

Soil crusts are soil surface layers that are distinct from the rest of the bulk soil, often hardened with a platy surface. Depending on the manner of formation...