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SIALLITIC [1 record]

Record 1 2003-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
OBS

Describes soils with siliceous clay minerals (U.K.); describes soils in which silica is equivalent to or exceeds sesquioxides in the clay fraction (U.S.).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
OBS

Terme peu précis indiquant l'abondance des constituants silico-alumineux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencia del suelo
DEF

[Dícese de un] suelo sin carbonatos en el que predomina el lavado epigenético de sílice y alúmina, acumulándose éstos en un horizonte inferior.

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