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Slickensides in black soil are found in

A. Surface soil

B. Subsoil

C. Both A and B

D. None of the above

Answer: Option B

Solution(By Examveda Team)

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.

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