GLEY


Meaning of GLEY in English

/glay/ , n. Geol.

a mottled soil in which iron compounds have been oxidized and reduced by intermittent water saturation. Cf. gleization .

[ 1925-30; glei clayey earth; c. Byelorussian, Russ dial. glei, Serbo-Croatian glêj; akin to CLAY ]

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