soil profile
- noun
- /sɔɪl ˈproʊfaɪl/
- Specialized
:
perfil del suelo
- The soil profile reveals several distinct layers that illustrate how different materials have settled over time.
Examples
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To avoid recurrent Zn phytotoxicity, substantial residual limestone equivalent needs to remain in the surface 30 cm of the soil profile to keep the soil calcareous.
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The soil profile that develops around, especially upvalley from, a terrace is tell-tale (Figure 5).
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"I knew he would have to create a fairly sandy soil profile because of drainage problems," she says.
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Movement of carbon into the soil profile is the result of material transport by wind and glaciers.
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The second and third scenarios represent a soil profile with a pine plantation with a maximum root depth of 2 m.
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Even in peatland ecosystems, root channels can create discontinuities in the soil profile.
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The reason for this recommendation is that phosphorus (P) has been found moving deeper in the soil profile when tests exceed that amount.
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The task of designing a new soil profile was entrusted to Dr. Phil Craul, a land scientist based in Manlius, New York.
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The alluvial soil profile of the Mississippi Delta region is quite different from soils typical of the humid Midwest.
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Owing to the nonuniform nature of hydrophobicity in surface soil, preferential and bypass flows can increase water flow down soil profiles and subsequently recharge.
Academic text (2017)
How Deep
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3.6
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The overall idea of a 'profile' as a description or cross-sectional view combined with 'soil' makes it reasonably inferable that this refers to a representation or section of the soil. However, the specific technical sense of a vertical section showing distinct horizons (soil layers) is domain-specific and may not be fully predictable to an average B1 learner without prior exposure, so the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Soil profile comes from the idea of looking at the ground in a 'side view', like cutting a cake to show its layers. The word soil names the ground and profile means 'side view', so a soil profile is the section of ground from the surface down that shows the different layers.