solodize

present singular third person solodizes · participle present solodizing · participle past solodized · past solodized

1. soil scienceTo cause to become solodic.

   The soil does not begin to solodize until most of the exchangeable sodium has been replaced.

   1953, Summaries of Doctoral Dissertations, University of Wisconsin, page 464

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   A light-colored horizon, representing the region of maximum leaching (or reduction) where podzolized or solodized.

   1936, Charles Edwin Kellogg, Development and Significance of the Great Soil Groups of the United States

   It may also be that while in the grassland region these soils had begun to solodize and that subsequently they were subjected to the process of podsolization .

   1945, Charles Frederick Bentley, A Study of Some Solonetz Soil Complexes in Saskatchewan, page 20

   The analyses of aqueous extracts (Table 76) show that the upper horizon is very slightly saline mainly with sodium chloride, which apparently helps to solodize the soils.

   1975, United States. Dept. of Commerce. Office of Technical Services, OTS. - Issues 70-57103, page 258

   The vineyards in both Districts are on various duplex soils: red-brown earths, solodized-solonetz and solodic soils, yellow podzolic soils and soloths.

   1983, Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, volume 23