LaMotte Soil Texture - Manual (Page 8)

SETTLING RATE - The amount of time required for particles in a
solution to settle.
SILT
- A type of soil that falls in size between sand and clay. It is
usually found in combination with one or the other of these soil
fractions.
SOLUTION
- One or more substances dissolved in a liquid.
STUNTING - One of the plant symptoms observed as the lack of
growth and development of plant parts.
TEXTURE -
The relative amounts of sand, silt, and clay in a soil
determine the structural components or texture of the soil.
TEXTURE DISPERSING REAGENT
- A solution composed of
special chemicals which help the soil particles to become easily
separated.
WEATHERING
- Worn, disintegrated, or changed by the action of the
elements; wind, rain, sleet, snow, freezing, thawing can all be responsible
for breaking up rocks to form smaller particles.
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