摘要：The researches regarding the soils of the Balta Br.ilei (Br.ila Marsh) emphasized that after
damming, drainage and agricultural cultivation, the initial soils transformed a lot as a consequence of
the modification of the pedogenetical processes, as well as due to the appearance of new soils, such as
the vertic ones. The vertic processes, present especially within the area of the former marshes, brought
to the formation of the vertisols in 35 years. The decision to classify the respective soils as vertisols was
made on the basis of certain morphologic, physical and chemical characteristics. These characteristics
are: large and deep cracks in the soil, slickensides, sphenoid structure, material intrusions from the
lower horizons to the upper part of the soil profile, bulk density higher than that of the other soils
located within depressions and a high content of humus in the depth.
