What does laterisation mean?
Laterisation means Alternative form of laterization..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of laterization..
Rain forest soils arise rather from the co-existence of the two extreme processes of soil formation in humid regions—podsolisation and laterisation, leaching of sesquioxides and silica respectively,–but laterisation greatly predominates.
Laterisation involves the deposition of a hard layer of metallic oxides (called latarite) in the A horizon.
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Laterisation means Alternative form of laterization..
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Rain forest soils arise rather from the co-existence of the two extreme processes of soil formation in humid regions—podsolisation and laterisation, leaching of sesquioxides and silica respectively,–but laterisation greatly predominates.
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