#weathering — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #weathering, aggregated by home.social.
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Laterite (Pedology 🟤)
Laterite is a soil type rich in iron and aluminum that often forms in hot, wet areas; most such soil is found in the tropics. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration due to high iron oxide content. Laterite soils develop by intensive and prolonged weathering of the underlying parent rock, usually under conditions of high temperatures and heavy rainfall...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laterite
#Laterite #Pedology #Regolith #Weathering #OreDeposits #Sedimentology
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Atop The Oregon Cascades, [Research] Team Finds A Huge Buried Aquifer
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https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1069774 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2415155122 <-- shared paper
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/oregon-water-science-center/science/mckenzie-river-source-water-study <-- shared USGS technical article, 2011, ‘McKenzie River Source Water Study’
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https://youtu.be/6R8e5HwGMwU?si=sniW4bvvzzviTYie <-- shared media video overview
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