2017-03-10 09:15:25.0 [tstevens] update Definition (The reduction in bulk volume or thickness of a soil owing to increasing weight of overlying material that is continually being deposited, or to pressures from earth movements, resulting in a decrease of porosity.); update Definition (Dictionary of Geological Terms, American Geological Institute, 1984. );
SOIL COMPACTION
The reduction in bulk volume or thickness of a soil owing to increasing weight of overlying material that is continually being deposited, or to pressures from earth movements, resulting in a decrease of porosity.
SOILS