cemented

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cemented Applied to massive, infilled, and indurated mineral soil: such soil has a hard and often brittle consistency because soil particles are joined together by cementing substances, e.g. calcium carbonate, silica, iron and aluminium oxide, or humus. Cemented soil usually appears as a highly distinctive and resistant horizon. Compare CEMENT; and CEMENTATION.

cemented

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cemented Applied to massive, infilled, and indurated mineral soil: such soil has a hard and often brittle consistency because soil particles are joined together by cementing substances, e.g. calcium carbonate, silica, iron and aluminium oxide, or humus. Cemented soil usually appears as a highly distinctive and resistant horizon.

cemented

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cemented Applied to massive, infilled, and indurated mineral soil: such soil has a hard and often brittle consistency because soil particles are joined together by cementing substances, e.g. calcium carbonate, silica, iron and aluminium oxide, or humus. Cemented soil usually appears as a highly distinctive and resistant horizon.

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