Sentence examples for coating soil from inspiring English sources
Hydrophobic organic substances coating soil particles can severely delay water infiltration and enhance runoff.
The underlying native soil was first pigmented yellowish brown by illuvial precipitates appearing in SEM as "bubble wrap" coating soil particles and having the EDX peaks of Fe, S and O, and the XRD peaks at 0.255 and 0.166 nm.
We develop four conceptual approaches to quantify the volume of water lenses between soil particles (εi) and adsorbed water films (δi) coating soil particles based on soil Particle Size Distribution (PSD) data.
Acting like oil, they coat soil particles and establish the hydrophobic layer — one to six centimetres down.
Water repellency, as Jorge points out, doesn't happen 'in a uniform layer: it's patchy.' In the past, this inconsistency was primarily explained by the varying temperatures achieved by the soil during a fire, or 'the type of vegetation which excretes different organic compounds' that coat soil particles and repel water.
Water repellency is associated to coating of soil particles by hydrophobic substances, usually of organic origin, affecting water dynamics in soil matrix.
Some life avoids radiation by shielding: algae and some desert plants live under a superficial coating of soil or rock that is more transparent to visible light than to ultraviolet light.
The Florida Speleological Society has likened the state's geology to "Swiss cheese coated with soil".
Potatoes don't re-market themselves every season to model a new coat of soil.
Local planning requirements might compel these areas to be turfed over to restore the countryside - or even covered with a thin coat of soil and being turned into grassland for wildlife.
Soil-Cement mixtures are used in several geotechnical applications and consist of artificially structured materials with stable fabric due to the presence of artificial bonds, which are the hydrated cement minerals coating the aggregates (soil particles).
