ORGANIC MATTER
change note: 2017-03-10 09:08:06.0 [tstevens] update Definition (Soil constituents consisting of a wide range of organic (carbonaceous) substances, including living organisms, carbonaceous remains of organisms, which once occupied the soil, and organic compounds produced by current and past metabolism in the soil.); update Definition (The Nature and Properties of Soils, Prentice Hall, 1996. );
in scheme: sciencekeywords
definition: Soil constituents consisting of a wide range of organic (carbonaceous) substances, including living organisms, carbonaceous remains of organisms, which once occupied the soil, and organic compounds produced by current and past metabolism in the soil.
type: Concept

SOILS
type: Concept