Glossary:Reducing

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[edit] Reducing Conditions

In soils, an atmosphere that promotes chemical elements to lose electrons (reduction), usually through the absence of oxygen.

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Adapted from: Rapp, G. and Hill, C.L. (1998) Geoarchaeology: The earth-science approach to archaeological interpretation. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN: 0-300-07076-4


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