Glossic Horizon - Soil Geography of the USA: A Diagnostic-Horizon Approach - page 172

The dominant processes leading to the development of the glossic horizon are
argilluviation that blocks pores in the upper Bt horizon, podzolization that yields
an E' horizon within the upper argillic, ferrallitization that leads to a tonguing of
Fe-rich material, and possibly gleization from water being held at a lithologic
discontinuity.
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