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Parent material

Parent material is the underlying geological material (generally bedrock or a superficial or drift deposit) in which soil horizons form. Soils typically inherit a great deal of structure and minerals from their parent material, and, as such, are often classified based upon their contents of consolidated or unconsolidated mineral material that has…

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Overview

BedrockSuperficialDriftSoil horizonsMinerals
27 related topics

Unconsolidated

FluvialColluvium
2 related topics

Organic

Sphagnum
1 related topics

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Parent material

Nodes34
Edges33
Triples9
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.058824
Components1

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Parent material

Top relations

related to Consolidated · 2
Parent material → Parent, The
related to Unconsolidated · 2
Parent material → For, This
related to Wind-transported · 2
Parent material → Parent, There
is a · 1
Parent material → underlying geological material
related to Residual · 1
Parent material → Soil
related to Water-transported · 1
Parent material → Within

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material parent transported sediments typically consolidated deposited streams materials till water types glacial lacustrine marine ice carried lakes formed deposits

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Parent materialis aunderlying geological material0.90text
Parent materialrelated to ConsolidatedParent0.60section
Parent materialrelated to ConsolidatedThe0.60section
Parent materialrelated to ResidualSoil0.60section
Parent materialrelated to UnconsolidatedThis0.60section
Parent materialrelated to UnconsolidatedFor0.60section
Parent materialrelated to Water-transportedWithin0.60section
Parent materialrelated to Wind-transportedParent0.60section
Parent materialrelated to Wind-transportedThere0.60section

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