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calcification
The process or processes of soil formation in which the surface soil is kept sufficiently supplied with calcium to saturate the soil cation exchange sites, or the process of accumulation of calcium in some horizon of the profile, such as the calcic horizon of some Aridisols and Mollisols.
- Μέρος του λόγου: noun
- Κλάδος/Τομέας: Earth science
- Category: Soil science
- Company: Soil Science Society of America
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- Bob Adams
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