Sentence examples for is surficial from inspiring English sources
adjective
Of or pertaining to the surface of something.
- When the soil swells on wetting, the former surficial material is mixed with the subsoil.
The paludification index was calculated as follows: mathrm{PI}=mathrm{Static} mathrm{factors}+mathrm{Dynamic} mathrm{factors} (1)or mathrm{PI}=left(D+T+Hright)+left( SOL+M+Oright), (2 where PI is the paludification index, D is surficial deposit, T is soil texture, H is humus form, SOL is soil organic layer thickness, M is moisture regime, and O is overstorey composition.
Carolina bays are surficial, consistently oriented, oval-shaped depressions that occur widely across the southeastern Atlantic Coastal Plain, Province of eastern North America (Brooks et al. 2010).
The acute wounds are called a group of injuries, which is usually surficial and they are healed completely within period of 8 12 weeks.
A further implication for soluble uranium material is that surficial uranium can be easily leached and accumulate deeper in the soil column.
These measurements suggest that Carolina bays are the surficial expression of fluid flow pathways for hydrogen gas moving from depth to the surface.
The northern Tampa Bay area includes three principal hydrogeologic units: with increasing stratigraphic depth these are the surficial aquifer system (SAS), the intermediate confining unit (ICU), and the UFA.
At the region where PACA is located, the surficial rocks within the belt show an increase in deformation and metamorphism.
It is thought that surficial contamination of magnetic minerals can be removed by HCl leaching for 4 d, as previously reported by Lewis and Senftle (1966).
Our findings suggest that although the geological setting is distinct, the surficial microbial and macrofaunal communities closely resemble those of previously described methane seeps.
The products from this anaerobic process are readily degradable by a wide range of aerobic bacteria, and it has now been shown that this process is occurring in surficial sediments in the Hudson River.
Surficial A horizons obtained the highest index values over that of Bw and C horizons, suggesting developmental history is most represented in surficial horizons on very recently developed soils.
