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Concept: soil settling in the concept vocabulary
| Concept URI | http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/7892 |
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| Preferred label | soil settling |
| Definition | Compaction involves the close-packing of the individual grains mainly by the elimination of pore-space and expulsion of entrapped water; this is normally brought about by the weight of the overlying sediments. |
| Notation | |
| Status | Valid |
| Status Modified | 2013-12-05 |
| Accepted Date | 2013-12-05 |
| Not Accepted Date | |
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| Has broader | |
| Has close match | |
| Source |
European Environment Agency
Kgs. Nytorv 6, DK-1050 Copenhagen K, Denmark