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What does hardpan mean?

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  1. A distinct layer of soil that is largely impervious to water.
  2. A dry lake.
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The amount of pore space in a hardpan is much less than the layers of soil above or below it, thus causing drainage problems.
Which building block of the ecosystem is one acting upon if one breaks up the hardpan crust?
For hardpan, shale, loose rock and similar materials, ample strength of teeth and dipper is of greater importance than its shape.
The stuff you find yourself in is primarily hardpan, glacial till, and some topsoil.
Deep tillage implements, used chiefly to break up hardpan and packed soils, include the subsoiler and the chisel plow.
A reader in Tucson says he plays public courses where the greenside bunkers have just a thin layer of sand over hardpan.

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