Eluviation
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Eluviation is a noun meaning (soil science, countable) The sideways or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within soil caused by rainfall.
Meaning
(soil science, countable) The sideways or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within soil caused by rainfall.
More Meanings
- (geology, uncountable) Creation of geological deposits (eluvial deposits) by in situ weathering or weathering plus gravitational movement or accumulation.
Word Forms
- eluviations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include illuviation, argilluviation, diluviation, gelifluction, fluviation, cheluviation.
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