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eluviation

  (ĭ-lū'vē-ā'shən) pronunciation
n.

The lateral or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within soil when rainfall exceeds evaporation.

[ELUVI(UM) + –ATION.]


 
 
Geography Dictionary: eluviation

The lateral or downward movement in suspension of clay or other fine particles. The clay-depleted horizon thus formed is an eluvial horizon and is found either below or in place of the A horizon. The eluviated particles may accumulate in the B horizon to form a clay pan.

 
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: eluviation

Removal of dissolved or suspended material from a layer or layers of the soil by the movement of water when rainfall exceeds evaporation. Such loss of material in solution is often referred to as leaching. The process of eluviation influences soil composition.

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