Meaning of laterise | Babel Free

Examples

“In general, rocks containing a high proportion of aluminium and iron laterise more readily than those composed mainly of alkali felspars.”

“These sandstones are very sensitive to erosive agents, whereas the sericite schist "laterises" and thus becomes harder ...”

“The underlying rock is granite and the schists and geeiss covering the slopes give rise to loamy soils which harden and laterise on exposure.”

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