A type of soil in which the only components that have not been leached or transported out of the soil are such things as iron oxides (hematite, limonite, goethite) and aluminum oxides (for example, bauxite) is called:

a) laterite soil
b) lateral soil
c) transported soil
d) paleosol
e) pelagic soil


Ans: a) laterite soil

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