Vol. 49, No. 2, 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

Vertisols with Gilgai Microtopography: Classification and Parameters of Microtopography and Morphological Types of Soils (a Review)

N. B. Khitrov p. 125 abstract

Methodology for Comparing Soil Maps of Different Dates with the Aim to Reveal and Describe Changes in the Soil Cover (by the Example of Soil Salinization Monitoring)

D. I. Rukhovich, M. S. Simakova, A. L. Kulyanitsa, A. V. Bryzzhev, P. V. Koroleva, N. V. Kalinina, G. I. Chernousenko, E. V. Vil’chevskaya, E. A. Dolinina and S. V. Rukhovich p. 145 abstract

A Comparative Analysis of the Microfabrics of Surface Horizons and Desert Varnish in Extremely Arid Soils of the Mojave (USA) and Trans-Altai Gobi (Mongolia) Deserts

M. P. Lebedeva and V. A. Shishkov p. 163 abstract

Soil Chemistry

Dissolution of Gibbsite and Its Transformation to Taranakite Depending on the Concentration of Phosphate Anions in the Solution

A. Yu. Kudeyarova, T. V. Alekseeva and E. I. Elfimov p. 180 abstract

Effect of Medicinal Plants Cultivation on the Physicochemical Properties of Leached Chernozem

I. D. Svistova, K. E. Stekol’nikov, A. Yu. Paramonov and N. M. Kuvshinova p. 194 abstract

Soil Physics

Radiometric Study of Soil Profiles in the Infrared Band

T. V. Ponomareva and E. I. Ponomarev p. 198 abstract

Methane Fluxes in Cold Season: Assessment by Closed Chamber Method

A. V. Smagin, N. A. Shnyrev and N. B. Sadovnikova p. 205 abstract

Soil Biology

Ecological and Taxonomic Features of Actinomycetal Complexes in Soils of the Lake Elton Basin

G. M. Zenova, M. S. Dubrova, A. I. Kuznetsova, T. A. Gracheva, N. A. Manucharova and D. G. Zvyagintsev p. 213 abstract

Distribution of Metabolically Active Prokaryotes (Archaea and Bacteria) throughout the Profiles of Chernozem and Brown Semidesert Soil

M. V. Semenov, N. A. Manucharova and A. L. Stepanov p. 217 abstract

Soil Reclamation

The Impact of Regular and Periodic Irrigation on the Fertility and Productivity of an Ordinary Chernozem of the Azov Irrigation System

V. N. Shchedrin p. 226 abstract

Degradation, Rehabilitation, and Conservation of Soils

Approaches to the Assessment of the Efficiency of Remediation of Oil-Polluted Soils

E. M. Anchugova, E. N. Melekhina, M. Yu. Markarova and T. N. Shchemelinina p. 234 abstract

Spatial Heterogeneity in the Properties of High-Moor Peat Soils under Local Pyrogenesis in Northeastern Sakhalin

D. N. Lipatov, A. I. Shcheglov, D. V. Manakhov and P. T. Brekhov p. 238 abstract

Magnesium, Potassium and Phosphorus in Available Forms in Luvisols in the Vicinity of Głogów Copper Smelter

H. Jaworska, H. Dąbkowska-Naskręt and S. Różański p. 251 abstract