Mass movement is considered an important land degradation event which occurs in different areas under the influence of climate, topography, soil, plant cover, geology and tectonic factors. In recent years 250 landslides in the Chahar Mahal Bakhtiari Province has occurred, which may be related to the presence of 22% Marly geological formations and active tectonism in this region. The purpose of this study was to investigate the physical, chemical and mineralogical characteristics of selected soils on two kinds of marln formations known as Oligomiocene 1 (OM 1 ) and Oligmiocene 2 (OM 2 ) which are susceptible to landslides. After morphological description of soils and underlying formations, samples were taken from four profiles in a slide cut exposure in OM 1 and also five profiles in OM 2 . Soil properties including physical (bulk density, particle density, infiltration, plasticity index, texture and moisture curves), chemical (lime, gypsum, soluble cations and organic matter) and mineralogical analysis were performed. Results show that the texture of marln formations was mainly silty loam and amount of silt increased to downwards. Shear strength decreased when the soils were saturated with water. On the other hand the prosity in deep layers decreased which leads to decrease of matric potential and infiltration rate. The result of Atterburg limits in parent material and soils show that liquid limit, plastic limit, plastic index varied from 29 to 51, 16 to 31, 5-28 percent respectively. This shows the soils have moderate plasticity index. Plastic index and amount of lime show both increase and decrease trends downward from the top horizons. Upper horizons of soils in both formations showed good infiltration rate. Results of mineralogical study indicate that Illite and Kaolinite are the dominant clays minerals in both formations. About thirty five percent of clays in soils consists of smectite and expanding minerals which show an increasing trend downwards. Plastic index decreased downwards due to increase in lime content and decrease of in clay despite of increasing in amount of Smectite and expanding minerals. Thus, it is not possible to conclude that slides in these formations occurred only due to characteristics related to geologic formations. Landslides are complex phenomena and a many interrelated factors influence their occurrence. In addition to geological formations, the study area has active tectonism and relatively high precipitation which may influence landslides occurrences. Human activity is also considered one of the most important factors in mass movement in the study area.