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Accepted geologic defn. of soil is regolith or sedimentary material that has been so altered by physical, chemical, and biological processes that it contains a great deal of organic material that can support plant growth. Or something along those line. 2 weeks ago i had to listen to a 15 minute talk by my geology professor about this because he's an exogeologist and someone made the mistake of using "soil" in reference to the moon. lol. -- [[User:Jarogers2001|Jarogers2001]] 04:01, 10 May 2008 (UTC) | Accepted geologic defn. of soil is regolith or sedimentary material that has been so altered by physical, chemical, and biological processes that it contains a great deal of organic material that can support plant growth. Or something along those line. 2 weeks ago i had to listen to a 15 minute talk by my geology professor about this because he's an exogeologist and someone made the mistake of using "soil" in reference to the moon. lol. -- [[User:Jarogers2001|Jarogers2001]] 04:01, 10 May 2008 (UTC) | ||
| + | :One must take into account that specialists in different fields use words differently. If one is in a class taught by an exogeologist who insists upon the word soil being used only for material that contains a large portion of organics, them one should use the word soil in that way for all purposes associated with the class and for exogeology in general. However, civil engineres use soil to mean any material laying on the surface of a worksite that gets pushed around by construction machines, lifted, dumped, sifted, or used for foundation support; or through which one must drill or dig. Exogologists can enforce a certain meaning for the word soil in classes they teach and journals they edit; and properly so. However, they cannot enforce their technical definition upon other fields of specialization or the general public. - [[User:Farred|Farred]] ([[User talk:Farred|talk]]) 15:28, 20 August 2016 (BST) | ||
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Accepted geologic defn. of soil is regolith or sedimentary material that has been so altered by physical, chemical, and biological processes that it contains a great deal of organic material that can support plant growth. Or something along those line. 2 weeks ago i had to listen to a 15 minute talk by my geology professor about this because he's an exogeologist and someone made the mistake of using "soil" in reference to the moon. lol. -- Jarogers2001 04:01, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
- One must take into account that specialists in different fields use words differently. If one is in a class taught by an exogeologist who insists upon the word soil being used only for material that contains a large portion of organics, them one should use the word soil in that way for all purposes associated with the class and for exogeology in general. However, civil engineres use soil to mean any material laying on the surface of a worksite that gets pushed around by construction machines, lifted, dumped, sifted, or used for foundation support; or through which one must drill or dig. Exogologists can enforce a certain meaning for the word soil in classes they teach and journals they edit; and properly so. However, they cannot enforce their technical definition upon other fields of specialization or the general public. - Farred (talk) 15:28, 20 August 2016 (BST)
