lateritizev.
/ˈlatərɪtʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈlædərəˌtaɪz/ Geology and Soil Science.
transitive and intransitive = laterize v.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > erosion or weathering > erode [verb (transitive)] > erosion of specific features
peneplain1896
overdeepen1905
planate1906
lateritize1909
karstify1972
1909 Mem. Geol. Surv. India 37 673 The Bijáwar rocks seemed to have been lateritized at the surface in pre-Lameta times by a process analogous to that by which the post-trappean laterites have been formed.
1920 Geol. Mag. 57 214 Certain inclined bands in the norite have been thoroughly lateritized for many yards along their outcrop, and seams of magnetite in them..run practically unaltered from norite into laterite.
1970 Nature 23 May 693/2 The Giles Complex of mafic and ultramafic igneous rocks..has been lateritized.
2012 G. E. Blight in G. E. Blight & E. C. Leong Mech. Residual Soils (ed. 2) i. 14 Lateritization usually occurs in residual soils, but ancient transported soils may also have been lateritized.
Derivatives
ˈlateritizing n. rare
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1911 Geol. Mag. 5th Decade 8 509 These five rocks..were probably formed in situ under conditions in which the lateritizing processes were not pushed to a finish.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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