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RED LOAM [1 record]

Record 1 2011-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • Nickel and Cobalt Mining
  • Geology
DEF

Tropical soil usually leached, red, deep, and clayey.

OBS

Tropical red soils containing more than 50 percent of free sesquioxides in the clay fraction are usually regarded as impure laterites.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Mines de cobalt et de nickel
  • Géologie
DEF

Sol des régions tropicales faiblement ferralitique.

CONT

En climat plus chaud, l'oxyde de fer qui imprègne l'argile de décalcification, est moins hydraté, plus rouge, donnant les «sols rouges» méditerranéens.

CONT

[...] les minerais de nickel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie [...] sont formés de garniérite [...] en concrétions ou incrustations disséminées dans des terres rouges argilo-ferrugineuses [...] Ces terres rouges métallifères proviennent de l'altération profonde de serpentinites dans lesquelles les minerais se trouvaient sous forme de sulfures très divisés [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencia del suelo
  • Níquel y cobalto (Minas)
  • Geología
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