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illuvial horizon

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illuvial horizon [i′lü·vē·əl hə′rīz·ən]
(geology)
B horizon


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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).
Caracterizacao das condicoes abioticas que influem na distribuicao da ... by Giménez, Jorge Eloy; Hurtado, Martín Adolfo; Martínez, Omar Raúl / Acta Scientiarum Biological Sciences (UEM)
A micromorphological comparison of the horizons (Reuter 1964b) proved that the obvious polygenesis can certainly not be a transformation of BrownEarth into Lessive as some other authors have assumed: in the argillic illuvial horizon the clay and silt particles are 90% strongly dispersed.
Harmonic and disharmonic soil-type interference on Late Pleistocene ... by Reuter, Gerhard / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Geology
The interval from 66-112 cm is also now part of the BC horizon of the surface soil and an illuvial horizon (B'X) of the fragipan.
Quaternary record at Cagles Mill, Putnam County, Indiana by Anderson, Allyson K. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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