Translocation describes the movement of supplies upward or downward throughout the soil. Superb particles-particularly clays and colloids-are translocated downward, a course of referred to as eluviation. This leaves grains of sand or coarse silt to stay, forming the E horizon. Material brought downward from the E horizon-clay particles, humus, or sesquioxides of iron and aluminum-accumulates …
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