But what's really wondrous is the same thing that's wondrous in the older material too, the sheer variety of forms, techniques and styles that bring far-flung points of the globe together on a small slice of Southeast Asian soil to make something brand new.
In lieu of soil, slices of each filter containing bound PM were taken from the center of the filters and added to the PowerSoil bead tube; PM that had become dislodged from filters while in storage was included in the PowerSoil bead tube for extraction.
Vertical slivers of soil were sliced away with a spade and the position of all nest chambers were also recorded in a grid.
The top 10 mm of soil was sliced from the top of each sample with a knife to remove plants and root crowns.
Vertical slivers of soil were then sliced away with a sharpened spade.
This paper deals with the static lateral load-displacement response (p-y spring) of a pile slice in soil.
When a bottom turns the soil, it cuts a trench, or furrow, throwing to one side a ribbon of soil that is called the furrow slice.
Finally, a fascinating history of soil.
You dropped two handfuls of soil.
A dusting of soil went on top.
