Ideas in this flowchart

• Minerals shape soil structure, chemistry, and development
• Minerals provide the physical framework of soil
• Minerals release nutrients as they weather
• Minerals supply surfaces for chemical adsorption
• Mineral transformations occur through weathering processes
• Hydration can transform minerals
• Hydrolysis can transform minerals
• Oxidation-reduction can transform minerals
• Carbonation can transform minerals
• Other processes can also transform minerals
• Clay mineral weathering alters important soil properties
• Clay mineral weathering can alter cation exchange capacity
• Clay mineral weathering can alter shrink-swell behavior
• Clay mineral weathering can alter nutrient availability
• Clay mineral weathering can alter horizon development