Which outcome primarily results from pedogenesis on basalt?

💡 Explanation

Thick, fertile mollisols develop on basalt because pedogenesis, with mineral-rich parent material undergoing less leaching, encourages base saturation and the formation of humus through bioturbation; therefore, mollisols form, rather than spodosols typical of podzolization.

• Which risk increases adjacent to a river reach where artificial levees have been recently constructed?
• Which process forms enlarged cave conduits when dissolution efficiency changes?
• Which outcome occurs when a glacial lake outburst?
• Which mechanism causes tsunami wave amplification as earthquake-generated wave approaches shallower coastal water?
• Which increased risk occurs when increased pore fluid pressure exists along a fault line near a silicic magma chamber?
• Which outcome frequently occurs when a glacial lake outburst flood encounters a wide, flat valley floor?