1 Scope
This International Standard defines a list of terms used in the preparation of the
standards in the field of soil quality.
The terms are classified under the following main headings:
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— general terms (terms relating to soil, soil materials, land, and sites);
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— description of soil (soilcharacteristics, soil water, properties of soils and substances, processes in soil, contamination, pollution, background content);
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— sampling (general terms, sample types/sampling type, sampling stages, execution of sampling, quality control samples, sample pretreatment);
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— terms relating to the assessment of soils (quality, assessment of soil and sites with respect to risk, hazard and exposure, soil protection);
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— remediation (general terms, principal remediation types, engineering-based methods, process-based treatment methods);
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— soil ecotoxicology.
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