The production of a brown color in soil. The color represents a combination of iron in the ferric state together with darker organic matter. Clay-iron, and clay-iron-humic complexes are present in Brunisols (Soil Taxonomy) - soils produced by brunification (Gaucher, 1977 p 24).
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Gaucher, G., 1977. Vers une classification pedologique naturelle basee sur la geochimie de la pedogenese. Catena, 4: 1–27.
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(2008). Brunification. In: Chesworth, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Soil Science. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3995-9_78
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