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Agriculture · Q666

Soil Science

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 666

Q666

Slickensides in black soil are found in

A.
Surface soil
B.
Subsoil
Answer
C.
Both A and B
D.
None of the above

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Slickenside is a smoothly polished surface caused by frictional movement between rocks along the two sides of a fault. It is a surface of the cracks produced in soils containing a high proportion of swelling clays.
In black soils, slickensides are found in Subsoil, the layer just below the topsoil.