eluviation

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | 292 words | Copyright

eluviation Removal of soil materials in suspension or in solution from surface horizons, and with partial deposition in the lower horizons of soil profiles. Removal in solution is called leaching, and hence the term ‘eluviation’ is often limited in use to removal in suspension.

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