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- Title
Common Features in Cryosols and Vertisols at the Macro- and Microlevels.
- Authors
Kovda, I. V.
- Abstract
The central images and main areas of Vertisols and Cryosols differ greatly. However, in recent years, Vertisols have been found in the permafrost area, and in some paleosols, both paleocryogenic and vertic features have been noted. In this regard, the study of common features and differences at different levels of organization of Cryosols and Vertisols becomes relevant. The formation of diagnostic features of Vertisols and Cryosols is due to physical processes. Despite the different mechanisms of these processes (shrinkage and swelling of clay minerals, formation and melting of ice), they lead to the development of a number of morphologically similar features at the macro-, meso-, and microlevels, including microtopography, mosaic profile patterns, wavy and discontinuous genetic horizons, cracking, types of structure, and some microfeatures. The analysis, generalization, and systematization of literature and own data on the morphology of Vertisols and Cryosols at different levels of their structural organization are discussed in this paper..
- Subjects
VERTISOLS; CLAY minerals; SOIL structure; PALEOPEDOLOGY; PERMAFROST
- Publication
Eurasian Soil Science, 2022, Vol 55, Issue 10, p1335
- ISSN
1064-2293
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S1064229322100088