A unit or 'chunk' of soil made up of individual particles of sand, silt, clay, and some organic material that stick together into a specific structure.
the smallest unit of soil
A unit of soil structure such as a crumb, prism, block or granule, which is formed by natural processes.
A naturally formed unit of soil structure, (for example, granule, block, crumb, or aggregate).
A unit of soil structure (e.g. aggregate, crumb, prism, block, or granule) formed by natural processes.
A unit of soil structure such as an aggregate, crumb, prism, block, or granule, formed by natural processes.
The natural unit of soil structure formed by the soil's tendency to fracture along planes of weakness.
An individual natural soil aggregate, such as a granuale, a prism, or a block.
a unit of soil structure; an aggregate, such as prism, block, or granule, formed by natural processes.
A single individual naturally occuring soil aggregate such as a granule or prism cf. CLOD OR FRAGMENT.