verb
- to remove or transport (soil material or minerals) from one place to another by the action of water, wind, or weathering
Usage: geology, soil science
Examples
- Heavy rainfall can eluviate nutrients from the topsoil.
- Weathering processes eluviate minerals from the parent rock.
- The clay particles were eluviated downward through the soil profile.
- Groundwater eluviates soluble salts from the upper layers.
- In tropical climates, intense weathering eluviates iron and aluminum oxides.