Which outcome reduces nutrient availability during later-stage pedogenesis?

A)Formation of insoluble secondary minerals✓

B)Rapid decomposition of detrital bedrock

C)Increased capillary action within pores

D)Enhanced surface aggregation by microbes

💡 Explanation

In advanced pedogenesis, stable minerals form during weathering, thus reducing mineral dissolution; mineral precipitation causes immobilization of once mobile nutrients because they are now chemically bound, rather than unbound. Therefore, insoluble mineral neoformation reduces long-term nutrient availability rather than releasing them.

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Which outcome reduces nutrient availability during later-stage pedogenesis?

💡 Explanation

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