Soils with shale-derived parent material usually differ from those from sandstone-derived parent material in that they tend to

A) be more drought-prone than the sandstone-derived soils.
B) break down organic matter slower than sandstone-derived soils.
C) resist weathering more than sandstone-derived soils.
D) form clays with more soluble cations than the sandstone-derived soils.


D) form clays with more soluble cations than the sandstone-derived soils.

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