swelling soil

Noun

Meaning

swelling soil (countable and uncountable, plural swelling soils)

(geology) A soil containing clay minerals that absorb water and swell, causing bumps across terrain.
The most common mineral that causes swelling soil is smectite (montmorillonite).

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