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The movement of soil material from one horizon to another in the soil profile. Generally, material is removed from an upper horizon and deposited in a lower horizon.
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The deposit of materials carried by water from one horizon into another within the soil (such as clay or nutrients in solution).
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Deposition of humus, chemical substances, and fine mineral particles in the lower layers of a soil from upper layers because of the downward movement of water through the soil profile. Compare with eluviation.
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( Ped.). The process of deposition of soil material removed from one horizon to another horizon of the soil; usually from an upper horizon to a lower horizon in the profile. ( SSSA).
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The process of depositing soil material removed from one horizon in the soil to an- other, usually from an upper to a lower horizon in the soil profile. Illuviated substances include silicate clay, hydrous oxides of iron and aluminum, and organic matter.
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The process of deposition (in-washing) of soil materials either from suspension or solution, usually from an upper horizon into a lower soil horizon but also from a lateral source (Allaby, 1991).
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The movement of soil material from one horizon to another in the soil profile. Generally material is lost from an overlying horizon to an underlying one.
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The process of accumulation in a lower soil horizon of material derived in soluble or suspended form from an upper (eluvial) horizon.
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the additon of underlying levels of soil of salts, colloids, and small mineral particles moving downward by chemical or mechanical processes, most common in humid regions. [AHDOS
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The precess of movement of material from one horizon and its deposition in another horizon of the same soil, usually from an upper horizon to a middle or lower horizon in the pedounit. Movement can also take place laterally.
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