2017-03-10 09:18:02.0 [tstevens] update Definition (The soil profile is the vertical section of the soil, from the surface through all its horizons, where a horizon is a layer of soil, approximately parallel to the soil surface, differing in properties and characteristics from adjacent layers below and above it.); update Definition (The Nature and Properties of Soils, Prentice Hall, 1996. );
SOILS
SOIL HORIZONS/PROFILE
The soil profile is the vertical section of the soil, from the surface through all its horizons, where a horizon is a layer of soil, approximately parallel to the soil surface, differing in properties and characteristics from adjacent layers below and above it.