Pedogenesis (from the Greek pedo-, or pedon, meaning `soil, earth,` and genesis, meaning `origin, birth`) is the science and study of the processes that lead to the formation of soil (soil evolution) and first explored by the Russian geologist Vasily Dokuchaev (1846 – 1903), the so-called grandfather of soil science, who determined in 1883 t...
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Permanent larval stage with sexual development, as in certain gall midges (genus Miastor). ... Compare: neoteny. ... Origin: G. Pais (paid-), child, + genesis, origin ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: pē′dō-jen′ĕ-sis Definitions: 1. Permanent larval stage with sexual development, as in certain gall midges (genus Miastor).
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Process of soil formation.
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pedogenesis 1. In geology, the mode, processes, and factors responsible for the origin and development of a true soil from unconsolidated parent material; soil formation. 2. The mode by which soil originates.
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