Which compositional result can diminish soil during laterization?

💡 Explanation

Silica depletion, or desilication, diminishes soil development during laterization because intense weathering under hot and humid conditions leads to solution weathering, therefore silica is removed rather than forming clay minerals, disrupting pedogenesis and soil fertility.

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