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THE investigation of soil falls naturally into two divisions: (1) pedology, the scientific investigation of the soil as a natural body; (2) edaphology, the investigation of the soil as a medium for the growing of plants, particularly plants of economic importance.
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Fox, W., TEAKLE, L. What is Soil Structure?. Nature 198, 1329–1330 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1981329a0
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