Vol. 49, No. 12, 2016

Eurasian Soil Science

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Eurasian Soil Science ISSN 1064-2293.

Genesis and Geography of Soils

Buried Paleosols of the Upper Paleolithic Multilayered Site Kostenki-1

B. F. Aparin, N. I. Platonova, E. Yu. Sukhacheva and A. E. Dudin p. 1329 abstract

Morphology, Properties, and Regimes of Migrational–Mycelial Agrochernozems with Different Ground Moistening (Belgorod Oblast)

I. I. Lebedeva, G. S. Bazykina, A. M. Grebennikov, L. G. Smirnova and S. I. Tyutyunov p. 1344 abstract

The Effect of Geocryological Conditions and Soil Properties on the Spatial Variation in the CO₂ Emission from Flat-Topped Peat Mounds in the Isolated Permafrost Zone of Western Siberia

A. A. Bobrik, O. Yu. Goncharova, G. V. Matyshak, I. M. Ryzhova and M. I. Makarov p. 1355 abstract

Slope Gradient and Shape Effects on Soil Profiles in the Northern Mountainous Forests of Iran

M. Fazlollahi Mohammadi, S. G. H. Jalali, Y. Kooch and D. Said-Pullicino p. 1366 abstract

Soil Physics

Contact Angles at the Water–Air Interface of Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soils and Clay Minerals

O. A. Sofinskaya, A. V. Kosterin and E. A. Kosterina p. 1375 abstract

Theoretical and Experimental Substantiation of a Thermogravimetric Method for Assessing the Water-Retention Capacity and Specific Surface Area of Disperse Systems

A. V. Smagin, N. B. Sadovnikova, A. S. Bashina, A. V. Kirichenko and V. G. Vityazev p. 1382 abstract

Soil Biology

The Structure of Mesofauna Complexes in Soils of the Forest-Park Zone of Moscow and the Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biospheric Reserve

A. Yu. Buyvolova, A. A. Rakhleeva, Yu. A. Buyvolov and E. P. Bykova p. 1392 abstract

The Influence of Cryogenic Mass Exchange on the Distribution of Viable Microfauna in Cryozems

S. V. Gubin, A. V. Lupachev, A. V. Shatilovich, A. P. Myl’nikov, A. Yu. Ryss and A. A. Veremeeva p. 1400 abstract

The Effect of Salinization on the Biomass of Microorganisms in the Soils of Different Ages in the Forest-Steppe Zone of Western Siberia

M. V. Yakutin, L. Yu. Anopchenko and V. S. Andrievskii p. 1414 abstract

Soil Mineralogy

Diversity of Clay Minerals in Soils of Solonetzic Complexes in the Southeast of Western Siberia

N. P. Chizhikova and N. B. Khitrov p. 1419 abstract

Degradation, Remediation, and Conservation of Soils

Vertical Distribution of ¹³⁷Cs in Alluvial Soils of the Lokna River Floodplain (Tula oblast) Long after the Chernobyl Accident and Its Simulation

S. V. Mamikhin, V. N. Golosov, T. A. Paramonova, E. N. Shamshurina and M. M. Ivanov p. 1432 abstract

On Inclusion of Ecosystem Services in the Assessment of Damage from Land Degradation