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soil survey

[′sȯil ′sər‚vā]
(geology)
The systematic examination of soils, their description and classification, mapping of soil types, and the assessment of soils for various agricultural and engineering uses.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

soil survey

At a construction site, a detailed investigation of the soil, accompanied by a written report, usually including information concerning the type of soil, its thickness and strength, and the location of bedrock.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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This shows that a proper soil survey was not carried out by regulators and contractors.
Apropos media reports about large portion of road adjacent to GPO caved in following heavy rains exposed that proper soil survey was not carried out by regulators and contractors.
Besides, he said the state run BAPEX would complete 570 line kilometer soil survey and 9,800 kilometer two dimensional seismic survey and 2,940 square kilometer three dimensional seismic survey to meet the country's growing energy demand.
Since the celebration of the Soil Survey Centennial back in 1999, each state has been given its own official state soil.
He was briefed that field surveys, design and soil survey for Kas Umar Khan Canal system would be completed by this year end and it would be followed by PC-1 and process of tenders.
Dubai Municipality has launched the largest geological project in the Middle East, the Soil Map Project, that involves production and extraction of interactive soil maps using soil survey data and saving them in a centralised and unified database, said a report.
The soil was formed on Miocene marl and it is classified as Chromic Haploxerert (Soil Survey Staff 1999).
"The soil survey project undertaken by the Environment Agency helps to enhance police criminal investigations.
The rover completed an arm flexing assessment on December 23, a key test before beginning the soil survey and other work on the surface, the center said.
The discovery came after a soil survey was completed in the north and east of the UAE, that will allow farmers, urban planners, scientists and even police to make use of this long-awaited data.
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