Glossary:Calcification

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Calcification
The process of accumulation of calcium in some horizon of the profile by the preciptation of calcium carbonate from water moving down through the soil, or upwards through capillary action from the groundwater.

Related Words: Calcium carbonate, Calcareous

Source
adapted from: Soil Science Society of America. Glossary of Soil Science Terms. Available online here, last accessed 28.09.2006.

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