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Recent Examples of subsoilIn some areas, clay-rich subsoils are also present.—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025 The tunnel will traverse multiple difficult subsoil layers: a surface of historical and active landfill materials, including spoil from London tunneling projects and decades-old power station fly ash, a thick layer of alluvium composed of silts, clays, and peat, and, finally, highly variable chalk.—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025 Ukraine will also retain the ownership of the subsoil.—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 1 May 2025 After scraping you’ll likely be left with subsoil, layers of clay or sand, that lack the life-giving nutrients plants require.—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for subsoil
In a new study published in Antiquity, researchers from Cambridge and Nottingham examined a 16-feet sediment core from Aldborough in Yorkshire, an important center of metal production located at a former Roman tribal town of Brigantes.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
Direct dating Paleontologists often estimate the age of plant and animal fossils based on sediments where the organic material was preserved.
Howell said a silt protection barrier on the street near the construction site became clogged, leading to an overflow of water.
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Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
The flood left a silt dirt behind, which can be home to these tiny flies that lay their eggs in organic matter typically found in sewer or piping systems.
The tunnel will traverse multiple difficult subsoil layers: a surface of historical and active landfill materials, including spoil from London tunneling projects and decades-old power station fly ash, a thick layer of alluvium composed of silts, clays, and peat, and, finally, highly variable chalk.
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Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
At some point, alluvium buried the entire tusk, possibly from major storm flooding.
High winds brought loose topsoil across the state and into the city, limiting visibility and shocking meteorologists who had not documented a weather event of this kind in the city since the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.
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Julia Rendleman,
ProPublica,
5 Sep. 2025
Dudas ended up using the boulder in his landscaping, making space for the massive rock in his front yard, adding mulch, topsoil, and indigenous plants to the area, as well as other smaller rocks.
Brunch might mean a humus bowl layered with lamb and pickled onion, or a shakshuka made with black lime tomato stew.
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Rai Mincey,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Unless the compost is fully broken down into humus, this incorporation will also work organic matter into the soil, which helps with aeration and further supports microorganisms.
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