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Vertisols are defined as “heavy clay soils with a high proportion of swelling clays. These soils form deep wide cracks from the surface downward when they dry out, which happens in most years”.
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Prof. Salih Aydemir extends his sincere gratitude to Profs. JB Dixon (Texas A&M University, USA) and CT Hallmark (Texas A&M University, USA) for their invaluable efforts in the SEM laboratory and interpreting the images of Cepkenli and Kısas soils.
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Özcan, H. et al. (2018). Vertisols. In: Kapur, S., Akça, E., Günal, H. (eds) The Soils of Turkey. World Soils Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64392-2_11
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