solonization Soil Science.
(ˌsɒlənaɪˈzeɪʃən)
[f. solonetz + -ization.]
The formation of a solonetzic soil by the leaching of salts from a solonchak. So ˈsolonized ppl. a.
| 1934 Soil Sci. XXXVIII. 483 This process is called solonization and might be said to consist of desalinization plus alkalinization. 1945 Ibid. LIX. 420 The physical and morphological feature is the compactness of the solonized section of the profile. 1948 Queensland Jrnl. Agric. Sci. V. 19 These solonized patches are comparatively wide⁓spread throughout the habitat of ‘sandalwood’. 1963 D. W. & E. E. Humphries tr. Termier's Erosion & Sedimentation xv. 324 In a region of saline soils, the areas undergoing solonization become depressions where structural change brings about compaction of the soil. |