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illuvial

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il·lu·vi·al  (-lv-l)
adj.
Of, relating to, or having undergone illuviation: illuvial organic matter.

[in- + -luvial (as in alluvial).]


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Therefore the SC consists of the EPL and a subsoil layer (SSL), the latter, in turn, of the eluvial (E) and illuvial (B) horizons.
Clay illuviation This process consists in the translocation of claysize particles from eluvial (A, E) to illuvial horizons (mainly Bt, and to a lesser degree, in BA or BC horizons).
It merges into a strongly compacted argillic illuvial horizon, which here reaches 180 cm depth.
 
 
 
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