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This chapter discusses the role of these processes in the development of soils in Nevada. The 17 generalized soil-forming processes occurring in soils of Nevada include argilluviation, melanization, silicification, calcification, gleization, cambisolization, vertization, solonization, gypsification, andisolization, and paludization.
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Blackburn, P., Fisher, J., Dollarhide, W., Merkler, D., Chiaretti, J., Bockheim, J. (2021). Soil-Forming Processes in Nevada. In: The Soils of Nevada. World Soils Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53157-7_13
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