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- adjective geology Pertaining to
processes thatadd ,transfer ,transform , or removesoil constituents .
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Examples
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The pedogenic process associated with prairie vegetation is calcification, as carbonates accumulate in lower soil layers.
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In this climatic regime, the dominant pedogenic process is calcification, with salinization on poorly drained sites.
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In this climatic regime, the dominant pedogenic process is calcification; salinization is dominant on poorly drained sites.
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Bicarbonate weathering and leaching and accumulation of clay and silica in subsoils are the main pedogenic processes in the terrace soils.
Hardpan Terraces 2009
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The pedogenic process associated with deciduous forest is podzolization, moderated by warm wet winters.
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A dominant pedogenic process is salinization, which produces areas of salt crust where only salt-loving (halophytic) plants can survive.
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Bottom-land and terrace soils of the Copper and Susitna Rivers are stratified, well-drained Entisols without pedogenic horizons.
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The soils of the semi-desert shrub are Aridisols with little organic content, pedogenic and (occasionally) clay horizons, and (in some places) accumulations of various salts.
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Laterization is a pedogenic process common to soils found in tropical and subtropical environments.
Soil 2008
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Gleization is a pedogenic process associated with poor drainage.
Soil 2008
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