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The 28 pages that link to Soil formation, each with the reason it gives.

• Soil erosionCompared with: Soil formation creates and renews soil, while erosion removes it from a location.

• BasaltRelated: Weathering of basalt can produce mineral-rich soils, including clay-rich soils.

• DecompositionRelated: Decomposition supplies organic material that contributes to soil development.

• Ecological successionRelated: Soil change can make newly formed habitats suitable for additional species.

• WeatheringRelated: Weathered rock supplies mineral material that contributes to soil development.

• Forest successionRelated: Changing soil conditions can alter which plants establish as a forest recovers.

• PedosphereRelated: These processes create and continually transform the pedosphere.

• Chemical weatheringRelated: Mineral alteration supplies clay and dissolved nutrients to developing soils.

• DetritivoreRelated: Detritivore fragmentation contributes organic material to developing soils.

• Ecosystem engineerRelated: Organisms can alter soil structure and chemistry, changing conditions for later communities.

• BurrowRelated: Repeated excavation and deposition redistribute organic matter and minerals through soil profiles.

• Soil profileNarrower topic: These processes generate the layered structure visible in a profile.

• Soil scienceBroader topic: These interacting factors explain why soils differ across landscapes.

• Rock cycleRelated: Rock weathering supplies mineral material that becomes part of soil.

• Soil degradationCompared with: Formation builds soil properties that degradation erodes or disrupts.

• PlantRelated: Plant roots, litter, and microbes alter mineral surfaces and build organic-rich soil.

• ChernozemNarrower topic: Chernozem is the outcome of interacting soil-forming processes rather than a deposited dark layer.

• SurtseyRelated: Surtsey shows how biological activity gradually transforms fresh volcanic substrate into soil.

• Volcanic soilNarrower topic: Weathering, organisms, climate, relief, and time transform volcanic deposits into soil.

• ArchaeopterisRelated: Archaeopteris roots and litter contributed to deeper, more structured terrestrial soils.

• Soil morphologyNarrower topic: These interacting factors generate the features described in soil morphology.

• TopsoilNarrower topic: Topsoil develops as these factors accumulate organic matter and transform surface material.

• Archispirostreptus gigasRelated: By fragmenting litter and producing waste, millipedes can contribute to soil processes.

• Earth (soil and ground)Related: It explains how bare mineral material becomes layered, living soil.

• JulidaRelated: Julid feeding and burrowing help mix organic matter into soil.

• Pill millipedeRelated: By fragmenting litter and mixing organic matter, pill millipedes contribute to soil processes.

• Soil typeNarrower topic: These factors generate the properties used to distinguish soil types.

• WattiezaRelated: Deep-rooted vegetation transformed weathering and soil development as forests spread.