laterizedadj.

1847 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 16 ii. 680 Similar conglomerates, breccias and sandstones are at present forming along the coasts where the hills or banks above contain much iron; but all these are very obviously distinguishable from the original plutonically laterised sedimentary rocks.

1849 Jrnl. Indian Archipel. & Eastern Asia 3 33 One of my chief motives in extending my journey to the mountains, was the expectation of being able to trace the line where their granitic rocks rose through the laterized sedimentary strata of the low hilly country.

1917 Mining Mag. 17 74/2 The upper portion of the laterite..is detrital, the lower part laterized and partly laterized schist merging gradually into altered schist.

1964 Sci. Amer. Nov. 97/2 Laterized soils occur most commonly in the tropical belt between the latitudes of 30 degrees North and 30 degrees South.

2005 R. J. McIntosh Anc. Middle Niger ii. 69 The most important geological features are the sandstone Goundam Hills and laterized tabular late Tertiary (Continental Terminal) sandstone and clays of the Niger Bend.