>Pedology (from Greek: ?????, pedon, "soil"; and ?????, logos, "study") is a discipline within soil science which focuses on understanding and characterizing soil formation, evolution, and the theoretical frameworks through which we understand a soil body(s), often in the context of the natural environment.
>In studying the fundamental phenomenology of soils, e.g. soil formation (aka pedogenesis)
>Pedometrics focuses on the development of techniques for quantitative characterization of soils
>Soil is not only a support for vegetation, but it is also the pedosphere
>Notable Pedologists: Francis D. Hole
