soil horizon

Examples

• All

• Cracks can facilitate rapid seepage of water into lower soil horizons.

  Academic text (1998)

• Loss of soil affects the upper soil horizon, with its important concentration of organic matter and nutrients.

  Academic text (2002)

• As a result, a very dense, thin layer of roots exists in the upper part of the soil horizon.

  Academic text (2002)

• This method required a greater depth and amount of water in the hole than the percolation test. Due to a difference in water levels, more than one soil horizon was in contact with the water in the test hole.

  Academic text (2009)

• In deeper soil horizons, the direction of flow did not originate from root channels, because these were not numerous at that depth, but from soil cracks and weathered bedrock.

  Academic text (2011)

• This amount is greater than the 2.8 g N per square meter estimated to have been added to the site in atmospheric deposition and N fixation during the same period of time, indicating a redistribution of N from mineral soil horizons.

  Academic text (2004)

• Graphs: Fig. 3 -- Profiles of two major types of terraces in the Three Rivers region of Belize, with their associated soil horizons (E-F).

  Academic text (2002)

• In part, the changes in runoff chemistry are a consequence of continued weathering of carbonates from upper soil horizons and the long-term buildup of soil organic matter.

  Academic text (2007)

• GRAPHS: FIG. 2—Profiles of four major types of terraces in the Three Rivers region of Belize, with their associated soil horizons (A-D).

  Academic text (2002)

• The organic matter in the soil horizon is crucial for supporting plant growth.

Synonyms

H

horizon

vssoil horizon

• Specialized

6 7.5

A layer of soil below the surface that has a different color or texture

is the more specific technical term used instead of the shorter general word

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology