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Principles and methods and the current status of soil science are analyzed. It is argued that soil science can be considered an interdisciplinary synthetic science developing at the interface between biological, geological, geographical, and agricultural sciences.
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Dobrovol’skii, G.V. Soil science as an interdisciplinary synthetic science. Eurasian Soil Sc. 39 (Suppl 1), S2–S5 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229306130023
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