Review Article

Advances in Nanoscale Study of Organomineral Complexes of Termite Mounds and Associated Soils: A Systematic Review

Table 1

Hierarchic levels of the soil system [58].

LevelUnitConceptSoil feature

Nanonm-μmParticleBasic soil reactions
Microμm-mmAggregateMicromorphological structure
Mesomm-cm-dmHorizonDifferentiation of the soil material
MacromPedonSoil volume for description and sampling
Megam-kmPolypedonSoil classification and mapping (geo)pedologic landscape