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In this chapter, it is focused to understand the effect of tropical weathering on the gneiss, basic dyke, Gondwana group of rocks and Rajmahal Basalt Traps. Merely these primary laterites on different rocks have massive appearance (in situ weathering ) reflecting vermicular lateritic crust, mottled zone with lithomarge clay and deeply weathered–altered rocks, called saprolite .
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Ghosh, S., Guchhait, S.K. (2020). Characterization of Primary Laterite Profiles. In: Laterites of the Bengal Basin. SpringerBriefs in Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22937-5_4
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