Contents

Eurasian Soil Science

Vol. 49, No. 3, 2016

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

Properties and Regimes of Vertisols with Gilgai Microtopography (a Review)

N. B. Khitrov p. 257  abstract

On the Development of Soil-Genetic Zoning

T. V. Korolyuk, I. I. Lebedeva, M. I. Gerasimova, S. V. Ovechkin and I. Yu. Savin p. 272  abstract

Soil Chemistry

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Pyrogenic Soils of Swampy Landscapes of the Meshchera Lowland

A. S. Tsibart, A. N. Gennadiev, T. S. Koshovskii and N. S. Gamova p. 285  abstract

Bituminous Substances and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Soils under Lenses of Oil and Oil Products in Underground Karst Cavities (Polaznenskii Peninsula, Perm Region)

Yu. I. Pikovskiy, M. A. Smirnova, R. G. Kovach, T. A. Puzanova, A. V. Khlynina and N. I. Khlynina p. 294  abstract

Chemical Composition of Soils in the Areas of Volcanic Ashfalls around Active Volcanoes in Kamchatka

L. V. Zakharikhina and Yu. S. Litvinenko p. 305  abstract

Soil Physics

Pore-Size Distribution in Loamy Soils: A Comparison between Microtomographic and Capillarimetric Determination Methods

E. V. Shein, E. B. Skvortsova, A. V. Dembovetskii, K. N. Abrosimov, L. I. Il’in and N. A. Shnyrev p. 315  abstract

Composition and Structure of Aggregates from Compacted Soil Horizons in the Southern Steppe Zone of European Russia

A. S. Sorokin, K. N. Abrosimov, M. P. Lebedeva and G. S. Kust p. 326  abstract

Deforestation Effects on Soil Quality and Water Retention Curve Parameters in Eastern Ardabil, Iran

Sh. Asghari, S. Ahmadnejad and F. Keivan Behjou p. 338  abstract

Estimation of Soil Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity by Artificial Neural Networks Ensemble in Smectitic Soils

A. Sedaghat, H. Bayat and A. A. Safari Sinegani p. 347  abstract

Soil Biology

Diversity of the Soil Biota in Burned Areas of Southern Taiga Forests (Tver Oblast)

K. B. Gongalsky, A. S. Zaitsev, D. I. Korobushkin, R. A. Saifutdinov, T. E. Yazrikova, A. I. Benediktova, A. Yu. Gorbunova, I. A. Gorshkova, K. O. Butenko, N. V. Kosina, E. V. Lapygina, D. M. Kuznetsova, A. A. Rakhleeva and S. V. Shakhab p. 358  abstract

Enzymatic Activity inside and outside of Water-Stable Aggregates in Soils under Different Land Use

S. A. Garbuz, N. V. Yaroslavtseva and V. A. Kholodov p. 367  abstract