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14 Cards in this Set
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Weathering |
Physical breakdown of bedrock Adds new minerals |
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Oxidation |
Metals (iron) lose electrons Warm aerobic conditions |
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Reduction. |
Gain electrons Anaerobic conditions Blue-gray in color |
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Eluviation |
Removal from materials |
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Illuviation |
The collection of material from above horizons |
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Leaching |
Minerals traces from water percolating through soil |
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E horizon |
Leached horizon Fe,c, Ca,K,Mg, clay Leached |
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Podsolization |
Eluviation of iron/aluminum, organic C from upper horizon and illuviation in the subsoil |
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Desilication |
Removal of silica from soil minerals leaving behind sesionquioxisides |
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argeluviation |
Clay translation eluviated of fine soil Creates skins on peds in lower horizon |
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Salinization |
Base minerals precipitate on surface from a inflow of liquid |
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Calcfication |
Accumulation of calcium in b horizon |
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Cementation |
Formation of rockish masses in soil by soil binding with ca c, silica, iron oxide |
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Argilloturbation |
Shrinking/swelling of clay |
