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← GeographyWhich outcome occurs when abundant rainfall causes extensive soil leaching in vegetated volcanic slopes?
A)Formation of a hardened, infertile duricrust✓
B)Increased iron oxide concentrations at surface
C)Accelerated nutrient-driven coastal eutrophication
D)Elevated rates of transform fault earthquakes
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The 'laterization' pedogenic process results in duricrust, because leaching removes silica and bases, concentrating iron and aluminum oxides, therefore a hardened, infertile layer forms, rather than eutrophication involving runoff minerals, or earthquake occurrences related to plate tectonics.
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