Sentence examples for processing of soil from inspiring English sources

Mechanical processing of soil so that it is in the proper physical condition for planting is usually referred to as tilling; adding nutrients and trace elements is called fertilizing.

Heterotrophic respiration (Rh), microbial processing of soil organic matter to carbon dioxide (CO2), is a major, yet highly uncertain, carbon (C) flux from terrestrial systems to the atmosphere.

These results suggest a strong urban effect on forest soil N levels, and show a link between changes in N availability and microbial processing of soil organic matter.

Earthworks are engineering works created through moving or processing quantities of soil or unformed rock.

As a first application in soil science, our case study showed that multivariate MPS can be used for the processing of proximal soil sensor data.

The fundamental pre-requisite common to (i)–(iii) is the proper processing of the soil data.

We investigated if multivariate MPS can be used for the processing of proximal soil sensor data, i.e. interpolating the sensor data and predicting the target variable.

The selection, processing and properties of soil suitable for use in brick and block production are discussed.

For full description of soil origin, processing, and physicochemical characterization, see Supplemental Material (http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1003352).org/10.1289/ehp.1003352

Another consequence of the mining disturbance is the reversion of the soil's podzolization status (referring to the proportional depths of the A1, A2, and B horizons) compared to the more distinctly stratified soils found among the undisturbed sites due to the industrial processing of the sandy sub-soils (Appendix 2).

Other directions of PAA applications include wastewater purification, mineral processing, metal ion recovery, and improvement of soil quality in agriculture [5, 7, 8].