ABSTRACT
Unripened soils are encountered in the reclamation of sea, lakebeds, marshes and swamps, floodplains, coastal forelands, etc. The overall appearance of these soils after emergence from under water is that of soft mud. Following drainage certain changes take place in the mud, which together are referred to as ripening of the soil. Ripening precedes the common soil formation processes leading to full development of the soil profiles.
