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Preferred term

soil texture

Is replaced by

soil texture

Definition

[GEMET] 1) Refers to the relative proportions of the various size groups (sand, silt and clay) of the individual soil grains in a mass of soil. 2) Classification of soil by the proportion and graduations of the three size groups of soil grains, i.e., sand, silt and clay, present in the soil.

Broader concept

deprecated concept

Note

[controlled by ] Lars Lundin 20130614

Scope note

US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

In other languages

French

texture du sol

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/USLterCV_531

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Created 3/31/16, last modified 3/21/22

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