Concept information

pedosphere > soil process > soil settling

Preferred term

soil settling  

Definition

  • Compaction involves the close-packing of the individual grains mainly by the elimination of pore-space and expulsion of entrapped water; this is normally brought about by the weight of the overlying sediments.

Broader concept

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URI

http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/7892

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