Abrupt textural change soils in 4 orders, 14 suborders, 31 great groups & 1000 series in USA
ATC soils fine-textured, high in smectitic clay
Eluvial-illuvial horizons vary by 2 soil textural classes
53% of ATC soils in pale- great groups
Clay illuviation, parent material layering &lithologic discontinuities main sources of ATC