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Definition of Surface soil
1. Noun. The layer of soil on the surface.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surface Soil
Literary usage of Surface soil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forest Physiography: Physiography of the United States and Principles of by Isaiah Bowman (1911)
"Aeration is also more nearly perfect in the surface soil than in the subsoil and
perpetually ... As a rule the subsoil is more clayey than the surface soil, ..."
2. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1894)
"It appears, moreover, that wetting the surface soil increases this translocation
of soil moisture, particularly at seasons when evaporation is rapid. ..."
3. Soils: Their Formation, Properties, Composition, and Relations to Climate by Eugene Woldemar Hilgard (1921)
"... it exerts a most important influence in the formation of the humous surface-soil
layer; and the limitation imposed upon these conditions by the subsoil ..."
4. Soils: Their Formation, Properties, Composition, and Relations to Climate by Eugene Woldemar Hilgard (1906)
"... it exerts a most important influence in the formation of the humous surface-soil
layer; and the limitation imposed upon these conditions by the subsoil ..."
5. Soil Conditions and Plant Growth by Edward John Russell (1917)
"Normally the subsoil contains more clay than the surface soil (as in 11o, 69 and
70) and any deviation should be carefully investigated. ..."
6. Soil Conditions and Plant Growth by Edward John Russell (1917)
"At Merton the subsoil on the lower ground appears to have been the original
surface soil because of its identity with the surface soil and its marked ..."
7. Geology: Chemical, Physical, and Stratigraphical by Joseph Prestwich (1886)
"Surface-Soil. The soil, which results from the decomposition of the surface,
partakes to a certain extent of the character of the rocks beneath, ..."
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