Soil Reclamation Eork (IMAGE) American Society of Agronomy Caption Surface soils are heavily disturbed during the pipeline construction process. It's just as important to analyze the soil's physical characteristics as the chemical properties. Credit Virginia Brown Usage Restrictions Please use with story only. License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.