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← GeographyWhich horizon differentiation occurs when intense chemical weathering?
A)Increased clay illuviation (Bt horizon)✓
B)Consolidated bedrock formation (R horizon)
C)Extensive organic accumulation (O horizon)
D)Unmodified parent material (C horizon)
💡 Explanation
Clay illuviation increases following chemical weathering because the weathering increases the fine clay particles via hydrolysis; therefore a Bt horizon forms rather than horizons with unaltered parent material because those are resistant under these conditions.
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