Which outcome occurs when silicate bedrock undergoes intense chemical weathering?

💡 Explanation

Laterite soils will form because intense chemical weathering, specifically hydrolysis, leaches silica and enriches iron and aluminum oxides; therefore, laterite forms rather than carbonate deposition which typically requires different climatic and geological conditions.

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