| 单词 | soil profile |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoil profile 14. Soil Science. The set of horizons of which a soil is composed, as displayed in a vertical cross-section down to the parent material. More fully soil profile. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > [noun] > horizon > profile profile1906 pedon1960 1877 Harper's Mag. Jan. 314/1 Dr. H. von Nathusius..is doing eminent service to agricultural science by the publication..of a number of series of ‘Charts for Scientific Instruction with special Reference to Agriculture’. One of these is a series by Professor Orth of six charts, each giving six diagrams in profile of the characteristic sedimentary soils of North Germany.] 1906 E. W. Hilgard Soils x. 165 (caption) Soil profiles illustrating differences in soils of humid and arid regions. 1927 N. M. Comber Introd. Sci. Study Soil xiii. 144 Areas in which the profiles are essentially alike are grouped together and the characteristic profile is given a definite name. 1946 L. D. Stamp Britain's Struct. & Scenery xi. 94 Over a large part of Highland Britain..there has been insufficient time for the weathering of rocks and the formation of a complete profile. 1996 B. W. Clark & J. K. Wallace Canada (ed. 3) vii. 89 New mineral materials are added at the bottom of the profile by the weathering of the parent material. At the same time, organic materials are added at the top of the profile. soil profile soil profile n. see profile n. 14. < as lemmas |
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