单词 | laterization |
释义 | laterizationn. Geology and Soil Science. The formation of laterite and lateritic soils; the weathering or soil-forming process that results in this. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > erosion or weathering > [noun] > erosion of specific features planation1877 lateritization1882 wedging1882 laterization1890 peneplanation1899 overdeepening1901 karsting1921 laterizing1929 panplanation1933 pedimentation1940 pediplanation1942 karstification1958 1890 Contents & Index Rec. Geol. Surv. India 1868–87 63 Laterization of hæmatitic taluses. 1936 U.S. Dept. Agric. Misc. Publ. No. 229. 22 The laterization process is, perhaps, more strictly a geological process than one of soil building. 1938 U.S. Dept. Agric. Yearbk. 973 The soil-forming process called laterization is essentially the progressive hydrolysis of rock minerals, and its full development results in their conversion to silicic acid, aluminum hydroxide, and iron hydroxide or their more or less complete dehydration products—the Laterites. 1952 P. W. Richards Trop. Rain Forest ix. 209 This preferential leaching of silica from a soil is called laterization. 1967 M. J. Coe Ecol. Alpine Zone Mt. Kenya 76 The clays show a certain number of darker stratifications but, due to the low temperatures, there are no signs of laterisation. 2005 R. J. Schaetzl & S. Anderson Soils xii. 393/1 Accumulations of Fe in soils are due both to residual accumulation (latosolization) and to processes that involve transfers of Fe (laterization). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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