Definition of Laterization

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Laterization

lateralled
lateralling
laterally
laterals
lateralward
laterborn
laterborns
latered
lateriflexion
laterifolious
laterigrade
laterite
laterites
lateritic
lateritious
laterization
laterizations
laterize
laterized
laterizes
laterizing
latero-
lateroabdominal
laterodeviation
lateroduction
lateroflexion
lateroposition
lateropulsion
lateropulsions
laterotorsion

Literary usage of Laterization

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1912)
"Where ordinarily in the process of such disintegration the silica remains in the residue with the alumina and iron, laterization is characterized by the ..."

2. Transactions by American Institute of Mining Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME. (1910)
"The essential characteristic of laterization is the breaking-up of the silicates, ... Laterization goes one step further and removes the silica as well. ..."

3. A Textbook of Geology by Amadeus William Grabau (1920)
"In the process of laterization, the silica is separated out and accumulates in separate areas as quartz (agate or chalcedony). A comparison of the'more ..."

4. A Comprehensive Geology by Amadeus William Grabau (1920)
"Laterization. — fn moist, tropical regions the feldspars are not as a rule changed to clay, which is a hydrous silicate of alumina, but to hydrous oxides, ..."

5. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1915)
"Latérite soils—laterization in Ii.fl. soils, 680; absorption of cations and anions by soil, 1960; ..."

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