Abstract
From a significant positive correlation between linear extensibility (LE) and the smectite content in the soil control section (SCS) of 8 soils (2 red soils, Alfisols, and 6 black soils, Vertisols, and their intergrades), the present study indicates an excellent compatibility between the marked shrink–swell characteristics and the smectitic mineralogy. The initiation of vertic properties at LE of 6 in shrink–swell soils corresponded to a minimum threshold value of 20% smectite. In order to highlight the inherent relationship between vertic properties and the swelling minerals, the mineralogy class for shrink–swell soils in US Soil Taxonomy should be only smectitic.
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