A red hard or gravel-like soil or subsoil formed in the tropics that has been leached of soluble minerals leaving insoluble iron and aluminium oxides and hydroxides; used to make bricks and roads
n Product of rock decomposition with high iron and aluminum hydroxide content Generally bright red to deep orange in color 2 Land, usually in the tropics, baked by the sun after deforestation removes the protective and restorative forest layer above the soil Abiotic hardpack ground, red in color Normal soil microbiotic community, as well as macrobiotic flora and fauna, are absent Prone to extensive erosion due to lack of plant cover Lateritized hillsides have contributed to several devastating and deadly landslides in tropical countries
Soil layer rich in iron oxide and sometimes aluminum, derived from a wide variety of rocks by leaching. It forms in tropical and subtropical regions where the climate is humid. Laterite is blackish brown to reddish and has been used as an iron ore and, in Cuba, as a source of nickel
weathered product of rock, composed mainly of hydrated iron and aluminium oxides and hydroxides, and clay minerals It is formed in humid tropical settings
An iron-rich subsoil layer found in some highly weathered humid tropical soils that, when exposed and allowed to dry, becomes very hard and will not soften when rewetted When erosion removes the overlying layers, the laterite is exposed and a virtual pavement results
Weathering product of rock, composed mainly of hydrated iron and aluminium oxides and hydroxides, and clay minerals, but also containing some silica It is related to bauxites and is formed in humid, tropical settings by the weathering of such rocks as basalts Laterites are red because silicates have been leached out, and iron and aluminium salts now predominate Laterite is soft but hardens rapidly when exposed to the air until it has a brick-like hardness
A highly weathered red subsoil rich in secondary oxides of iron and/or aluminium Laterite develops in wet-tropical and warm to temperate regions and is a residual product of weathering