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, 1GGB SO
4
J
, ?'B 2a
KK
, 3.GGB <a
K
, A.4GB .g
KK
, 1.3GB 6
K
, 1.A?B SiO
A
, G.AGB
Fe
A
O
3
, G.G4B )l
A
O
3
, G.GA. On the $asis of 2larkeIs (1&G() geochemical data, these same
units can $e e/pressed as to relati#e a$undance ($y *eight) in the earthIs crust > 2l
, trB
SO
4
J
, trB 2a, 'B <a, ?B .g, AB 6, ?B SiO
A
, 1GGB Fe
A
O
3
, 13B )l
A
O
3
, A?. +rapping of .g and 6
and )l
A
O
3
in nodules, concretions, and ironstone deposits may account in considera$le
part of the lo* mo$ility of these constituents. 5epth of leaching of car$onates in soil
pro1les is of 1rst importance in landscapes originally $lanketed *ith calcareous materials
such as limestone, dolomitic sandstone, loess, and glacial drift.
Enrichment may $e *ith respect to hori:ons $ut is usually taken in the sense of the entire
soil recei#ing material from surrounding pedons as in depressional parts of the landscape
or $y air from remote areas. =nder a humid temperate climate, such soils in areas of
slightly leached initial material are typically enriched in palnt nutrients and car$onate $y
laterally mo#ing *ater from surrounding areas. "n highly leached terrains *ithout
calcareous or fertile initial materials, the depressional soils are typically not eriched, $ut
rather are the most acid and leached of the entire landscape.
Surfcial erosion refers to lateral remo#al of surface layers of soil as $y raindrop splash,
runo0 *aters, *ind, soli3uction, creep, and other processes of mass*asting.
Cumulization (Fr. CumulusB to heap) is o0ered as a term to e/press the accumulation of
mineral material into the surface of the soil $y either air or *ater. "n fact, this may $e
considered a geogenic rather than a pedogenic process. +he e0ects of this process are
most e#ident in depressional areas *here material eroded from soils upslope has
accumulated.
Decalcifcation is speci1cally used for the elu#iation of car$onates *ithin a soil $ody. +he
process may lead to the complete remo#al of car$onates from the entire pro1le, as is
common in more humid areas, or $e accompanied $y claci1cation, *hich is the
accumulation of car$onates commonly o$ser#ed in more arid regions. +he general
reaction in#ol#ed in car$onate mo#ement is as follo*s > 2a2O
3
K !
A
O K 2O
A
L 2a
(!2O
3
)
A
. 5ecalci1cation occurs *hen either 2O
A
or !
A
O is remo#ed from the system and
the reaction mo#es to the left.
Desalinization is most fre8uently used *ith reference to the remo#al $y leaching of
solu$le salts from hori:ons or total soil pro1les that ha#e pre#iously contained enough
solu$le salt so that plant gro*th *as impaired.