Clayey Soil definition

Clayey Soil means mineral soil with over 40 percent clay that shrinks and develops wide cracks when dry and swells and shears when wet, forming slickensides and wedge-shaped structure. Clayey soil is very hard or extremely hard when dry, very firm when moist, and very sticky and very plastic when wet.
Clayey Soil. - means mineral soil that has a soil texture that is comprised of forty (40) percent clay and not more than forty-five (45) percent sand or forty (40) percent silt particles. As a soil particle, clay consists of individual rock or mineral particles in soils having diameters