Laterite, the Glossary
Laterite is a soil type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas.[1]
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132 relations: Alpine orogeny, Aluminium, Aluminium oxide, Amphibole, Anatase, Angkor Wat, Aquifer, Augite, Australian Shield, Basalt, Basement (geology), Bauxite, Bitumen, Boehmite, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cadmium, Calcite, Calcium, Capillary action, Cation-exchange capacity, Cementation (geology), Chalcedony, Chromium, Clay, Clay mineral, Cliff Ollier, Climate, Cobalt, Continental collision, Craton, Cretaceous, Diaspore, Dolomite (mineral), Dry season, Duricrust, Feldspar, Ferricrete, Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, French colonial empire, Gabbro, Geografiska Annaler, Gibbsite, Gneiss, Goethite, Granite, Granitoid, Halloysite, Hematite, Hydroxide, ... Expand index (82 more) »
- Ore deposits
- Regolith
- Soil-based building materials
- Weathering
Alpine orogeny
The Alpine orogeny or Alpide orogeny is an orogenic phase in the Late Mesozoic (Eoalpine) and the current Cenozoic that has formed the mountain ranges of the Alpide belt.
See Laterite and Alpine orogeny
Aluminium
Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.
Aluminium oxide
Aluminium oxide (or aluminium(III) oxide) is a chemical compound of aluminium and oxygen with the chemical formula.
See Laterite and Aluminium oxide
Amphibole
Amphibole is a group of inosilicate minerals, forming prism or needlelike crystals, composed of double chain tetrahedra, linked at the vertices and generally containing ions of iron and/or magnesium in their structures.
Anatase
Anatase is a metastable mineral form of titanium dioxide (TiO2) with a tetragonal crystal structure.
Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat (អង្គរវត្ត, "City/Capital of Temples") is a Hindu-Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia.
Aquifer
An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing material, consisting of permeable or fractured rock, or of unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, or silt).
Augite
Augite, also known as Augurite, is a common rock-forming pyroxene mineral with formula.
Australian Shield
The Australian Shield is a geological feature known as a shield that occupies more than half of the continent of Australia.
See Laterite and Australian Shield
Basalt
Basalt is an aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon.
Basement (geology)
In geology, basement and crystalline basement are crystalline rocks lying above the mantle and beneath all other rocks and sediments.
See Laterite and Basement (geology)
Bauxite
Bauxite is a sedimentary rock with a relatively high aluminium content. Laterite and Bauxite are aluminium minerals, Regolith and Weathering.
Bitumen
Bitumen is an immensely viscous constituent of petroleum. Laterite and Bitumen are building materials.
Boehmite
Boehmite or böhmite is an aluminium oxide hydroxide (γ-AlO(OH)) mineral, a component of the aluminium ore bauxite. Laterite and Boehmite are aluminium minerals.
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa.
Cadmium
Cadmium is a chemical element; it has symbol Cd and atomic number 48.
Calcite
Calcite is a carbonate mineral and the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate (CaCO3).
Calcium
Calcium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ca and atomic number 20.
Capillary action
Capillary action (sometimes called capillarity, capillary motion, capillary rise, capillary effect, or wicking) is the process of a liquid flowing in a narrow space in opposition to or at least without the assistance of any external forces like gravity.
See Laterite and Capillary action
Cation-exchange capacity
Cation-exchange capacity (CEC) is a measure of how many cations can be retained on soil particle surfaces.
See Laterite and Cation-exchange capacity
Cementation (geology)
Cementation involves ions carried in groundwater chemically precipitating to form new crystalline material between sedimentary grains. Laterite and Cementation (geology) are Sedimentology.
See Laterite and Cementation (geology)
Chalcedony
Chalcedony is a cryptocrystalline form of silica, composed of very fine intergrowths of quartz and moganite.
Chromium
Chromium is a chemical element; it has symbol Cr and atomic number 24.
Clay
Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolinite, Al2Si2O5(OH)4). Laterite and clay are Sedimentology and soil-based building materials.
Clay mineral
Clay minerals are hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates (e.g. kaolin, Al2Si2O5(OH)4), sometimes with variable amounts of iron, magnesium, alkali metals, alkaline earths, and other cations found on or near some planetary surfaces.
Cliff Ollier
Cliff Ollier (born 26 October 1931) is a geologist, geomorphologist, soil scientist, emeritus professor and honorary research fellow, at the School of Earth and Geographical Sciences University of Western Australia.
Climate
Climate is the long-term weather pattern in a region, typically averaged over 30 years.
Cobalt
Cobalt is a chemical element; it has symbol Co and atomic number 27.
Continental collision
In geology, continental collision is a phenomenon of plate tectonics that occurs at convergent boundaries.
See Laterite and Continental collision
Craton
A craton (or; from κράτος "strength") is an old and stable part of the continental lithosphere, which consists of Earth's two topmost layers, the crust and the uppermost mantle.
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya).
Diaspore
Diasporealso called diasporite, empholite, kayserite, or tanatariteis an aluminium hydroxide oxide mineral, α-AlO(OH), crystallizing in the orthorhombic system and isomorphous with goethite. Laterite and diaspore are aluminium minerals.
Dolomite (mineral)
Dolomite is an anhydrous carbonate mineral composed of calcium magnesium carbonate, ideally The term is also used for a sedimentary carbonate rock composed mostly of the mineral dolomite (see Dolomite (rock)).
See Laterite and Dolomite (mineral)
Dry season
The dry season was a yearly period of low rainfall, especially in the tropics.
Duricrust
Duricrust is a hard layer on or near the surface of soil.
Feldspar
Feldspar (sometimes spelled felspar) is a group of rock-forming aluminium tectosilicate minerals, also containing other cations such as sodium, calcium, potassium, or barium.
Ferricrete
Ferricrete is a hard, erosion-resistant layer of sedimentary rock, usually conglomerate or breccia, that has been cemented into a duricrust by iron oxides. Laterite and Ferricrete are pedology.
Francis Buchanan-Hamilton
Francis Buchanan (15 February 1762 – 15 June 1829), later known as Francis Hamilton but often referred to as Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, was a Scottish surgeon, surveyor and botanist who made significant contributions as a geographer and zoologist while living in India.
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French colonial empire
The French colonial empire comprised the overseas colonies, protectorates, and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward.
See Laterite and French colonial empire
Gabbro
Gabbro is a phaneritic (coarse-grained), mafic intrusive igneous rock formed from the slow cooling of magnesium-rich and iron-rich magma into a holocrystalline mass deep beneath the Earth's surface.
Geografiska Annaler
Geografiska Annaler is a scientific journal published by the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography in Stockholm, Sweden.
See Laterite and Geografiska Annaler
Gibbsite
Gibbsite, Al(OH)3, is one of the mineral forms of aluminium hydroxide. Laterite and Gibbsite are aluminium minerals.
Gneiss
Gneiss is a common and widely distributed type of metamorphic rock.
Goethite
Goethite is a mineral of the diaspore group, consisting of iron(III) oxide-hydroxide, specifically the α-polymorph.
Granite
Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.
Granitoid
A granitoid is a generic term for a diverse category of coarse-grained igneous rocks that consist predominantly of quartz, plagioclase, and alkali feldspar.
Halloysite
Halloysite is an aluminosilicate clay mineral with the empirical formula Al2Si2O5(OH)4. Laterite and Halloysite are aluminium minerals.
Hematite
Hematite, also spelled as haematite, is a common iron oxide compound with the formula, Fe2O3 and is widely found in rocks and soils.
Hydroxide
Hydroxide is a diatomic anion with chemical formula OH−.
Igneous rock
Igneous rock, or magmatic rock, is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic.
India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is an international organisation which conducts agricultural research for rural development, headquartered in Patancheru, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, with several regional centres (Bamako (Mali), Nairobi (Kenya)) and research stations (Niamey (Niger), Kano (Nigeria), Lilongwe (Malawi), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Bulawayo (Zimbabwe)).
See Laterite and International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Inverted relief
Inverted relief, inverted topography, or topographic inversion refers to landscape features that have reversed their elevation relative to other features.
See Laterite and Inverted relief
Ion
An ion is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge.
See Laterite and Ion
Iron
Iron is a chemical element. Laterite and Iron are building materials.
Iron oxide
Iron oxides are chemical compounds composed of iron and oxygen.
Island arc
Island arcs are long chains of active volcanoes with intense seismic activity found along convergent tectonic plate boundaries.
Kaolinite
Kaolinite (also called kaolin) is a clay mineral, with the chemical composition: Al2Si2O5(OH)4. Laterite and Kaolinite are aluminium minerals.
Khmer Empire
The Khmer Empire was a Hindu-Buddhist empire in Southeast Asia, centered around hydraulic cities in what is now northern Cambodia.
Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Leachate
A leachate is any liquid that, in the course of passing through matter, extracts soluble or suspended solids, or any other component of the material through which it has passed.
Leaching (pedology)
In pedology, leaching is the removal of soluble materials from one zone in soil to another via water movement in the profile. Laterite and leaching (pedology) are Sedimentology.
See Laterite and Leaching (pedology)
Lead
Lead is a chemical element; it has symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82.
Limestone
Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh (meaning 'central province') is a state in central India.
See Laterite and Madhya Pradesh
Mafic
A mafic mineral or rock is a silicate mineral or igneous rock rich in magnesium and iron.
Magnesite
Magnesite is a mineral with the chemical formula (magnesium carbonate).
Magnesium
Magnesium is a chemical element; it has symbol Mg and atomic number 12.
Manganese
Manganese is a chemical element; it has symbol Mn and atomic number 25.
Manganese oxide
Manganese oxide is any of a variety of manganese oxides and hydroxides.
See Laterite and Manganese oxide
Masonry
Masonry is the craft of building a structure with brick, stone, or similar material, including mortar plastering which are often laid in, bound, and pasted together by mortar. Laterite and Masonry are building materials.
Mesozoic
The Mesozoic Era is the penultimate era of Earth's geological history, lasting from about, comprising the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods.
Metamorphic rocks arise from the transformation of existing rock to new types of rock in a process called metamorphism.
See Laterite and Metamorphic rock
Migmatite
Migmatite is a composite rock found in medium and high-grade metamorphic environments, commonly within Precambrian cratonic blocks.
Mineral
In geology and mineralogy, a mineral or mineral species is, broadly speaking, a solid substance with a fairly well-defined chemical composition and a specific crystal structure that occurs naturally in pure form.
Mineralogy
Mineralogy is a subject of geology specializing in the scientific study of the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical) properties of minerals and mineralized artifacts.
Monsoon
A monsoon is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscillation of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) between its limits to the north and south of the equator.
National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse
Toulouse Institute of Technology (also called National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse or INPT) is a French university cluster based in Toulouse, France, part of University of Toulouse.
See Laterite and National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse
Nickel
Nickel is a chemical element; it has symbol Ni and atomic number 28.
Nickel mining in New Caledonia
Nickel mining in New Caledonia is a major sector of the New Caledonian economy.
See Laterite and Nickel mining in New Caledonia
Niger
Niger or the Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a country in West Africa.
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland that is variously described as a country, province or region.
See Laterite and Northern Ireland
Olivine
The mineral olivine is a magnesium iron silicate with the chemical formula.
Ore
Ore is natural rock or sediment that contains one or more valuable minerals concentrated above background levels, typically containing metals, that can be mined, treated and sold at a profit.
See Laterite and Ore
Oxide
An oxide is a chemical compound containing at least one oxygen atom and one other element in its chemical formula.
Parent rock
In the earth sciences, parent rock, also sometimes substratum, is the original rock from which younger rock or soil is formed. Laterite and parent rock are Regolith.
Peridotite
Peridotite is a dense, coarse-grained igneous rock consisting mostly of the silicate minerals olivine and pyroxene.
PH
In chemistry, pH, also referred to as acidity or basicity, historically denotes "potential of hydrogen" (or "power of hydrogen").
See Laterite and PH
Pisolite
A pisolite is a sedimentary rock made of pisoids, which are concretionary grains – typically of calcium carbonate which resemble ooids, but are more than 2 mm in diameter.
Plagioclase
Plagioclase is a series of tectosilicate (framework silicate) minerals within the feldspar group. Laterite and Plagioclase are aluminium minerals.
Plateau
In geology and physical geography, a plateau (plateaus or plateaux), also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side.
Potassium
Potassium is a chemical element; it has symbol K (from Neo-Latin kalium) and atomic number19.
Precambrian
The Precambrian (or Pre-Cambrian, sometimes abbreviated pC, or Cryptozoic) is the earliest part of Earth's history, set before the current Phanerozoic Eon.
Pyroxene
The pyroxenes (commonly abbreviated Px) are a group of important rock-forming inosilicate minerals found in many igneous and metamorphic rocks.
Quartz
Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide).
Quaternary
The Quaternary is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).
Regolith
Regolith is a blanket of unconsolidated, loose, heterogeneous superficial deposits covering solid rock. Laterite and Regolith are pedology and Sedimentology.
Sahel
The Sahel region or Sahelian acacia savanna is a biogeographical region in Africa.
Salt (chemistry)
In chemistry, a salt or ionic compound is a chemical compound consisting of an assembly of positively charged ions (cations) and negatively charged ions (anions), which results in a compound with no net electric charge (electrically neutral).
See Laterite and Salt (chemistry)
Sandstone
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.
Saprolite
Saprolite is a chemically weathered rock. Laterite and Saprolite are ore deposits, pedology, Regolith, Sedimentology and Weathering.
Savanna
A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.
Schist
Schist is a medium-grained metamorphic rock showing pronounced schistosity.
Sea surface temperature
Sea surface temperature (or ocean surface temperature) is the temperature of ocean water close to the surface.
See Laterite and Sea surface temperature
Sedimentary rock
Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral or organic particles at Earth's surface, followed by cementation.
See Laterite and Sedimentary rock
Sesquioxide
A sesquioxide is an oxide of an element (or radical), where the ratio between the number of atoms of that element and the number of atoms of oxygen is 2:3.
Silcrete
Silcrete is an indurated (resists crumbling or powdering) soil duricrust formed when surface soil, sand, and gravel are cemented by dissolved silica.
Silicon oxide
Silicon oxide may refer to either of the following.
See Laterite and Silicon oxide
Smallholding
A smallholding or smallholder is a small farm operating under a small-scale agriculture model.
Sodium
Sodium is a chemical element; it has symbol Na (from Neo-Latin natrium) and atomic number 11.
Soil horizon
A soil horizon is a layer parallel to the soil surface whose physical, chemical and biological characteristics differ from the layers above and beneath. Laterite and soil horizon are pedology.
Steppe
In physical geography, a steppe is an ecoregion characterized by grassland plains without closed forests except near rivers and lakes.
Subsoil
Subsoil is the layer of soil under the topsoil on the surface of the ground.
Sudbury Basin
The Sudbury Basin, also known as Sudbury Structure or the Sudbury Nickel Irruptive, is a major geological structure in Ontario, Canada.
See Laterite and Sudbury Basin
Sulfide mineral
The sulfide minerals are a class of minerals containing sulfide (S2−) or disulfide as the major anion.
See Laterite and Sulfide mineral
Supercontinent
In geology, a supercontinent is the assembly of most or all of Earth's continental blocks or cratons to form a single large landmass.
See Laterite and Supercontinent
Suryavarman II
Suryavarman II (សូរ្យវរ្ម័នទី២, UNGEGN:, ALA-LC), posthumously named Paramavishnuloka, was the ruler of the Khmer Empire from 1113 until his death in 1150.
See Laterite and Suryavarman II
Terrain
Terrain or relief (also topographical relief) involves the vertical and horizontal dimensions of land surface.
Tertiary
Tertiary is an obsolete term for the geologic period from 66 million to 2.6 million years ago.
Tin
Tin is a chemical element; it has symbol Sn and atomic number 50.
See Laterite and Tin
Titanium
Titanium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ti and atomic number 22.
Tropic of Cancer
The Tropic of Cancer, also known as the Northern Tropic, is the Earth's northernmost circle of latitude where the Sun can be seen directly overhead.
See Laterite and Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
The Tropic of Capricorn (or the Southern Tropic) is the circle of latitude that contains the subsolar point at the December (or southern) solstice.
See Laterite and Tropic of Capricorn
Ultramafic rock
Ultramafic rocks (also referred to as ultrabasic rocks, although the terms are not wholly equivalent) are igneous and meta-igneous rocks with a very low silica content (less than 45%), generally >18% MgO, high FeO, low potassium, and are composed of usually greater than 90% mafic minerals (dark colored, high magnesium and iron content).
See Laterite and Ultramafic rock
Water table
The water table is the upper surface of the zone of saturation.
Weathering
Weathering is the deterioration of rocks, soils and minerals (as well as wood and artificial materials) through contact with water, atmospheric gases, sunlight, and biological organisms. Laterite and Weathering are pedology.
Western Ethiopian Shield
The Western Ethiopian Shield is a small geological shield along the western border of Ethiopia.
See Laterite and Western Ethiopian Shield
Wet season
The wet season (sometimes called the rainy season or monsoon season) is the time of year when most of a region's average annual rainfall occurs.
The white metals are a series of often decorative bright metal alloys used as a base for plated silverware, ornaments or novelties, as well as any of several lead-based or tin-based alloys used for things like bearings, jewellery, miniature figures, fusible plugs, some medals and metal type.
Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie
The Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie is a peer-reviewed scientific journal about geomorphology.
See Laterite and Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie
Zircon
Zircon is a mineral belonging to the group of nesosilicates and is a source of the metal zirconium.
See also
Ore deposits
- Allchar deposit
- Arizona breccia pipe uranium mineralization
- Banket (mining term)
- Beryozovskoye deposit
- Carbonate-hosted lead-zinc ore deposits
- Carlin–type gold deposit
- Copper ores
- Danlou Occurrence
- Direct reduction
- Fahlband
- Ferguson Lake (Kivalliq Region)
- Field (mineral deposit)
- Gangue
- Hajigak mining concession
- Heavy mineral sands ore deposits
- Hydrothermal mineral deposit
- Iron oxide copper gold ore deposits
- Ironsand
- Kambalda type komatiitic nickel ore deposits
- Kanichee layered intrusive complex
- Krupp–Renn Process
- Laterite
- Lateritic nickel ore deposits
- Lode
- Massive sulfide deposits
- Mineralization (geology)
- Ore genesis
- Ore shoot
- Orogenic gold deposit
- Placer deposit
- Rabbit Lake Occurrence
- Saprolite
- Sedimentary exhalative deposits
- Talnakh ore field
- Temagami Occurrence
- Tri-State district
- Uranium ore
- Volcanogenic massive sulfide ore deposit
- Widgiemooltha Komatiite
- Windimurra intrusion
Regolith
- Bauxite
- Grus (geology)
- Laterite
- Lateritic nickel ore deposits
- Lunar regolith
- Martian regolith
- Parent rock
- Regolith
- Residuum (geology)
- Saprolite
- Sediments
- Soil
- Stone stripe
- Volcanic rocks
Soil-based building materials
- Adobe
- Alker
- Architectural glass
- Architectural terracotta
- Bamboo-mud wall
- Bousillage
- Brick
- Bricks
- Cast Earth
- Ceramic building material
- Ceramic materials
- Clay
- Clay chemistry
- Cob (material)
- Compressed earth block
- Concrete block
- Earthbag construction
- Earthen floor
- Earthen plaster
- Expanded clay aggregate
- Ferrocement
- Gravel
- Gypsum concrete
- Hoggin
- Hydraform International
- Laterite
- Light clay
- Limepit
- Mortar (masonry)
- Mud
- Mudbrick
- Mudcrete
- Peat
- Puddling (civil engineering)
- Quincha
- Rammed earth
- Sand
- Sandbag
- Sandcrete
- Sod
- Sod roof
- Soil cement
- Structural Soil
- Superadobe
- Thinset
- Wattle and daub
- Wychert
Weathering
- Agrominerals
- Argillic alteration
- Bauxite
- Case hardening of rocks
- Dissolved load
- Enhanced weathering
- Exfoliating granite
- Fracture mechanics
- Frost damage (construction)
- Frost weathering
- Geological resistance
- Goldich dissolution series
- Grus (geology)
- Haloclasty
- Laterite
- Meteorite weathering
- Palagonite
- Patina
- Pencil cleavage
- Residuum (geology)
- Saprolite
- Scarp retreat
- Silicon isotope biogeochemistry
- Spheroidal weathering
- Weathering
- Weathering rind
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laterite
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