ALL meanings of illuviation
il·lu·vi·a·tion
I i - noun illuviation the accumulation in one layer of soil of materials that have been leached out of another layer. 1
- noun illuviation The introduction of salts or colloids into one soil horizon from another by percolating water. 1
- noun illuviation the process by which a material (illuvium), which includes colloids and mineral salts, is washed down from one layer of soil to a lower layer 0
- noun illuviation the accumulation in an underlying soil layer of materials, as colloids or soluble salts, that have been leached out of an upper layer 0
- noun illuviation (geology) The accumulation of suspended material and soluble compounds leached from an overlying stratum. 0