subsoil

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But a few studies of the deeper, vaster subsoils suggest they might contain at least as much carbon, some of it carried down by roots.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 12, 2021

All highways are built by bulldozing softer subsoils and either tamping them or replacing them with more durable dirt or gravel.

From Time Magazine Archive

Every mound or hillock of red clay contains one or more quartz-reefs, generally outcropping, but sometimes buried in the subsoils.

From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

In some parts the subsoils have been excavated for ballast or gravel, as at Kensington, or for brick earth, as at Highbury, and the pits filled in with rubbish.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

Sandy soils with sandy subsoils do not often need drainage; such soils are naturally drained.

From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Burkett, Charles William