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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary

U.S. Department of Agriculture

soil formation

Subject Category: P Natural Resources, Earth and Environmental Sciences
RDF/XML Format:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/959.rdf
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Used For: pedogenesis; pedogenetic evolution; pedogenetic processes; pedogenic evolution; pedogenic processes; soil evolution; soil genesis
Broader Term: soil processes and phenomena
Narrower Term: diagenesis; podzolization
Related Term: age of soil; eluviation; humification; illuviation; leaching; rocks; soil mineralogy; soil parent materials; soil salinization; soil types; soil weathering; subsidence; weathering sequences
Spanish: formación del suelo
Term Number: 959

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