_:b1217736 . _:b1217736 . _:b1217736 . _:b1217736 "Wikipedia:Vertisol"^^ . _:b1217736 "A soil in which there is a high content of expansive clay known as montmorillonite that forms deep cracks in drier seasons or years. Alternate shrinking and swelling causes self-mulching, where the soil material consistently mixes itself, causing vertisols to have an extremely deep A horizon and no B horizon."^^ .