I agree with the authors that silcretes are unlikely to be produced by overlying basalt flows, and laterites are not uniquely related to peneplains.
Another herbicide destroys the humus in the soil and reduces it over vast areas to an impervious desert laterite.
While some of the older temples were built of laterite the area has numerous brick built temples, some with exquisite terracotta carvings.
The rusty red colour of the laterite clay is due to its high iron oxide content.
The western part of the district has poor, ferruginous soil and hard beds of laterite with scrub jungles and "sal" woods.
Granite and laterite are quarried, red ochre is worked, and silk and cotton fabrics, bell-metal vessels and perfumes are among the principal manufactures.
The water-tank has three dams covered by steps of laterite.
Wild creepers burst through laterite banks and spill across the flooded roads.
