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| soil can be red due to... |
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| layer on the surface of a rock where soil starts to form |
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| these components provides structure to the soil |
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| the 1nm thick films on the surface of water are caused by... |
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| the bonding that occurs when minerals are packed together |
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| something that can cause red and white stripes in soil |
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| pale stripes where soil has lost Fe due to leaching and red stripes where Fe has reprecipitated |
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| some stuff that could be in the black layer of a soil |
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| organic matter and some stuff that leached there |
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| Chemistry in the natural environment is basically one big... |
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| Stuff in the chemistry of the environment cycles between the... |
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-atmosphere -hydrosphere -lithosphere -pedoshpere -biosphere |
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| Some chemical components of the atmosphere |
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| -acids
-redox agents
-CO2
-NOX
-SO2
-O2 |
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| Some chemical components of the hydrosphere |
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-soils -groundwaters -rivers -oceans |
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| Some chemical components of the lithosphere |
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-bases -rock -carbonates -silicates |
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| Some chemical components of the pedosphere |
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| Some chemical components of the biosphere |
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| the type of systems soils are |
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| open biogeochemical systems |
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| what happens with products and reactants in soils? |
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| lose products and gain reactants |
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| depiction of the matter and energy transfer in soil |
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| Porous media created at land surface by weathering pressures derived from biological, geological and hydrologic processes |
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| Some important chemical characteristics of soil |
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-Multiphase -Multicomponent -Open -Biogeochemical |
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| has solids, liquids, and gases |
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| how soil is multicomponent |
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| exchange matter and energy with surroundings (hydro-, bio-, litho- spheres) |
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| how soil is biogeochemical |
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| biotic and abiotic reactions occur in the soil |
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| Some things in the atmosphere that can go to the soil |
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| Some solutes that can go from soil to rivers |
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| -H2O
-HCO3-
-M2+
-Si(OH)40
-Org.
-NO3-
-SO42- |
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| Some NOM that can go into the soil |
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| Reduced C compounds (e-, H+, complexing ligands) |
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| The most abundant elements in soil |
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| mass concentration in solid phase ≤ 100 mg / kg (100 ppm) |
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| Some trace elements in soil |
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-Li -Be -B -Cl -Sc -V -Cr -Co -Ni -Cu -Cs |
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| The elemental composition of soil is relative to... |
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| crustal rock (parent material) |
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| Weathering produces ______ in soils |
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| enrichments and depletions |
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| Enrichment occurs at enrichment factor (EF) > 2 |
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| depletion occurs at EF , 0.5 |
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| the compounds that are thought to be ionic |
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| Those that are more than 50% ionic |
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| The type of bond is classed by... |
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| % ionic bond character and the ΔEN |
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| Chart that shows types of bonds based on % ionic bond character and ΔEN |
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| Depiction of a cation and its solvation shells |
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| the number of water molecules in the primary solvation shell |
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| the water molecules that are hardest to remove from a dissolved ion |
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| the ones in the primary solvation shell |
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