Sentence examples for surficial soil from inspiring English sources
As a result of this time lag in frost heaving, lateral soil movement towards the coarse part is generated within the surficial soil.
An exception to this was iron, which accumulated to highly elevated concentrations in the surficial soil materials of the tidally remediated site.
The surficial soil materials of the acidic site had experienced considerable losses of Cr, Cu, Mn and Ni compared to the underlying parent material due to oxidation and acidification, yet only minor losses of Fe and Zn.
Fluxes during this period exhibited extreme spatial variability and were contingent on upwind landscape characteristics and surficial soil properties, with maximum fluxes recorded in settings downwind of treated areas with long treatment length and unstable fine sand.
We propose that the formation of the surficial soil anomaly is a product of plant concentration of elements via scavenging from the surrounding regolith profile followed by the microbially-mediated release of metals to the soil surface following plant litter fall.
Sampling involved collection of the surficial soil horizon with a pre-rinsed spatula, removal of surface vegetation, and placement into labeled WhirlPak™ bags.
Prolonged periods of snowmelt promote perched storage in surficial soils and encourage surficial, lateral flow to preferential flow paths.
In nature, most surficial soils are subjected to drying wetting cycles due to alternative rainfall and evapo-transpiration.
For forest polygons, ecosites are defined as homogeneous landscape areas (i.e. polygons typically 10 100 hectares) of common surficial deposits, soil moisture regime, soil texture, SOL thickness, humus form, and tree cover.
Forest maps provide information on stand scale environmental factors (e.g. surficial deposits, soil texture, moisture regime, slope), as well as on stand species composition, height and density.
Sediments originated primarily from surficial upland soils, or cultivated fields, with minor contributions of resuspended streambed sediments and no discernable stream bank contributions.
