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LATERITE AT THE TYPE LOCALITY, ANGADIPURAM, ICERALA, INDIA
Author(s) -
STEPHENS C. G.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
journal of soil science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.244
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2389
pISSN - 0022-4588
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2389.1961.tb00911.x
Subject(s) - laterite , gneiss , geology , type locality , horizon , type (biology) , geography , geochemistry , paleontology , mathematics , nickel , ecology , geometry , biology , metamorphic rock , metallurgy , materials science , taxonomy (biology)
Summary Laterite at the type locality, Angadipuram in south India, consists of a mottled, vermicular, and indurated horizon in a red‐earth type of soil associated with gneiss. The soil profile also contains deeper horizons of mottled and pale coloured clays and has a ground‐water table. The laterite is associated with a number of discrete land surfaces described in detail by Lake (1890).