laterizingn.
/ˈlatərʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlædəˌraɪzɪŋ/ Geology and Soil Science.
= laterization n.
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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
1929 Mining Mag. July 15/2 The average high silica content of the Tikhvin bauxites may point to (a) detrital or secondary character of the rocks, and/or, (b) arrest of the primary laterizing process.
1945 P. Reiche Surv. Weathering Processes & Products 77 Pendleton denies the name laterite, although the process responsible, since it involves clay breakdown and silica removal, must be described as ‘laterizing’.
2011 C. Carlsson in C. Carlsson & L. R. Elliott Ten Years That Shook City 245 The laterizing (turning to rock) of thousands of square miles of formerly living soil by widespread use of napalm.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
laterizingadj.
/ˈlatərʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlædəˌraɪzɪŋ/ Geology and Soil Science.
That causes or involves laterization; that is undergoing laterization.
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1912 G. A. J. Cole in G. A. J. Cole et al. Interbasaltic Rocks N.-E. Ireland i. 15 At Straid, rhyolitic flows may have decomposed, under laterising conditions.
1958 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. Great Brit. & Ireland 88 185 The section of a trial put..was as follows: Bat-guano dust followed by ordinary earth..down to a depth of two and a half feet, debris of yellow laterizing stone to a depth of eight inches, [etc.]
1989 Expedition (Univ. Pennsylvania) 31 69/3 Such nodules [of iron ore] could have formed under laterizing conditions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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