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eluviation

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | 281 words | Copyright

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

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