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Soil Morphology
Technical Report
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DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.14083.91686
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Soil Morphology
By
Prof. A. Balasubramanian
Centre for Advanced Studies in
Earth Science,
University of Mysore,Mysore
Abstract
Morphology describes and measures a wide range of soil properties, and includes as assessment of
soil particles and aggregates that provide estimates of soil void characteristics and hydraulic
properties. There are
five major soil morphological features like texture, initial moisture, pedality,
macroporosity, and root density.
Soil morphology deals
with the form, structure, and organization of
the soil material. This report provided the importance of soil morphology,
its inherent properties,
functions and distributions.
1. Introduction:
Soil morphology is the field observable attributes of the
soil within the various
soil horizons and the
description of the kind and arrangement of the horizons.
Soil morphology deals with the form and arrangement of soil features.
Soil morphology is
ordinarily first observed, described, and studied in the field,
but investigation can
be continued in the laboratory with optical and electron microscopes.
Field observations with the unaided eye or with a hand lens are considered macromorphology,
whereas observations utilizing a microscope are considered micromorphology.
