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Iluviation/rubefaction in a clayey horizon.
Bt Horizon of a red mediterranean soil developed over slates in Villanueva de la Serena (Badajoz).
Red intense Horizon and plenty illuviation clay
Thin section JB-163.
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Micromorphologic features
After browsing these images you should have found, at least, the following characteristics (image on the left with polarizer only and the one on the right with crossed nicols).
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| Aip, illuvial clay integrated in basal plasma | |
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| Ah, illuvial clay in the void of a wall | |
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| Remarkable birefringent fabric in one direction (parallel striated) | |
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| Fe oxides nodule with quartz grains | |
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Slate grain |
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This thin section belongs to Dr. Josefina Benayas' colection at the CSIC's Ciencias Agrarias Institute in Madrid
