Department of Soil Science, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar District, Uttar Pradesh, 263 145.
* Present address: Department of Soil Science, HP Agricultural University, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, 176 062.
The mineralogical make up of hill soils of Ramganga catchment (Kumaon Himalayas) developed on quartzite and biotite schists, indicated that mica was the most dominant clay mineral followed by chlorite, vermiculite and smectite whereas, kaolinite, allophane, quartz, Kfeldspar, Na-feldspar and Ca-feldspar only in small quantity.
Clay mineralogy, Ramganga catchment, Kumaon Himalayas
