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HORIZONS SOUS-JACENT PROFOND [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
  • Geology
  • Special-Language Phraseology
DEF

The natural soil material below the topsoil and overlying the unweathered parent material.

OBS

All or much of the original rock structure has usually been obliterated by pedogenic processes.

OBS

subsurface and deep soil horizons; subsurface and deep horizons: In the ISO 11074 standard, the expression "subsurface and deep (soil) horizons" and the definition have been standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Key term(s)
  • deep and subsurface soil horizons
  • deep and subsurface horizons
  • deep soil and subsurface horizons

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Mécanique des sols
  • Géologie
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
DEF

Matériau naturel du sol, sous-jacent à l'horizon superficiel et surmontant le matériau parental non altéré.

OBS

Une grande partie ou la totalité de la structure rocheuse originelle a généralement été effacée par les processus pédogéniques.

OBS

horizons sous-jacents et profonds : expression et définition normalisées par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO).

Key term(s)
  • horizons sous-jacent et profond
  • horizons profonds et sous-jacents
  • horizons profond et sous-jacent

Spanish

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