https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Laterite 2026-11-14T19:33:58Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Laterite&diff=553196&oldid=prev 2026-08-21T12:37:50Z

<p>Reverted edit by <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/2402:8100:2EED:F050:B8B1:7CFF:FE44:FC38" title="Special:Contributions/2402:8100:2EED:F050:B8B1:7CFF:FE44:FC38">2402:8100:2EED:F050:B8B1:7CFF:FE44:FC38</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:2402:8100:2EED:F050:B8B1:7CFF:FE44:FC38&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:2402:8100:2EED:F050:B8B1:7CFF:FE44:FC38 (page does not exist)">talk</a>) to last revision by <a href="/wiki/User:Ajay_Kumar" title="User:Ajay Kumar">Ajay Kumar</a></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:07, 21 August 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Historically, laterite was cut into brick-like shapes and used in monument-building. After 1000 CE, construction at [[Angkor Wat]] and other southeast Asian sites changed to rectangular temple enclosures made of laterite, brick, and stone. Since the mid-1970s, some trial sections of [[bituminous]]-surfaced, low-volume roads have used laterite in place of stone as a base course. Thick laterite layers are porous and slightly permeable, so the layers can function as [[aquifer]]s in rural areas. Locally available laterites have been used in an acid solution, followed by precipitation to remove [[Sewage treatment#Phosphorus removal|phosphorus]] and heavy metals at sewage-treatment facilities.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Historically, laterite was cut into brick-like shapes and used in monument-building. After 1000 CE, construction at [[Angkor Wat]] and other southeast Asian sites changed to rectangular temple enclosures made of laterite, brick, and stone. Since the mid-1970s, some trial sections of [[bituminous]]-surfaced, low-volume roads have used laterite in place of stone as a base course. Thick laterite layers are porous and slightly permeable, so the layers can function as [[aquifer]]s in rural areas. Locally available laterites have been used in an acid solution, followed by precipitation to remove [[Sewage treatment#Phosphorus removal|phosphorus]] and heavy metals at sewage-treatment facilities.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[https://lateritestone.com </del>Laterites<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">] </del>are a source of aluminum [[ore]]; the ore exists largely in [[clay mineral]]s and the [[hydroxide]]s, [[gibbsite]], [[boehmite]], and [[diaspore]], which resembles the composition of [[bauxite]]. In [[Northern Ireland]] they once provided a major source of iron and aluminum ores. Laterite ores also were the early major source of [[nickel]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Laterites are a source of aluminum [[ore]]; the ore exists largely in [[clay mineral]]s and the [[hydroxide]]s, [[gibbsite]], [[boehmite]], and [[diaspore]], which resembles the composition of [[bauxite]]. In [[Northern Ireland]] they once provided a major source of iron and aluminum ores. Laterite ores also were the early major source of [[nickel]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Definition and physical description==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Definition and physical description==</div></td></tr> </table>

WikiDwarf https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Laterite&diff=553195&oldid=prev 2026-08-21T12:27:17Z

<p>I&#039;ve added a source for laterite</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:57, 21 August 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Historically, laterite was cut into brick-like shapes and used in monument-building. After 1000 CE, construction at [[Angkor Wat]] and other southeast Asian sites changed to rectangular temple enclosures made of laterite, brick, and stone. Since the mid-1970s, some trial sections of [[bituminous]]-surfaced, low-volume roads have used laterite in place of stone as a base course. Thick laterite layers are porous and slightly permeable, so the layers can function as [[aquifer]]s in rural areas. Locally available laterites have been used in an acid solution, followed by precipitation to remove [[Sewage treatment#Phosphorus removal|phosphorus]] and heavy metals at sewage-treatment facilities.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Historically, laterite was cut into brick-like shapes and used in monument-building. After 1000 CE, construction at [[Angkor Wat]] and other southeast Asian sites changed to rectangular temple enclosures made of laterite, brick, and stone. Since the mid-1970s, some trial sections of [[bituminous]]-surfaced, low-volume roads have used laterite in place of stone as a base course. Thick laterite layers are porous and slightly permeable, so the layers can function as [[aquifer]]s in rural areas. Locally available laterites have been used in an acid solution, followed by precipitation to remove [[Sewage treatment#Phosphorus removal|phosphorus]] and heavy metals at sewage-treatment facilities.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Laterites are a source of aluminum [[ore]]; the ore exists largely in [[clay mineral]]s and the [[hydroxide]]s, [[gibbsite]], [[boehmite]], and [[diaspore]], which resembles the composition of [[bauxite]]. In [[Northern Ireland]] they once provided a major source of iron and aluminum ores. Laterite ores also were the early major source of [[nickel]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[https://lateritestone.com </ins>Laterites<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">] </ins>are a source of aluminum [[ore]]; the ore exists largely in [[clay mineral]]s and the [[hydroxide]]s, [[gibbsite]], [[boehmite]], and [[diaspore]], which resembles the composition of [[bauxite]]. In [[Northern Ireland]] they once provided a major source of iron and aluminum ores. Laterite ores also were the early major source of [[nickel]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Definition and physical description==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Definition and physical description==</div></td></tr> </table>

2402:8100:2EED:F050:B8B1:7CFF:FE44:FC38 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Laterite&diff=417545&oldid=prev 2023-08-23T05:24:27Z

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