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ALLITIC [1 record]

Record 1 2011-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • Bauxite Mining
  • Geochemistry
DEF

Describes soils from which silica has been largely removed and in the clay fraction of which Al and Fe compounds predominate.

PHR

Allitic soil.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Mines de bauxite
  • Géochimie
DEF

Se dit d'un sol dans lequel l'aluminium, libéré par décomposition des minéraux, s'individualise sous forme d'oxyhydroxyde d'aluminium.

Spanish

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