Vol. 50, No. 3, 2017

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

Orders in the Soil Classification System of Russia: Taxonomic Distance as a Measure of Their Adequate Identification

M. A. Smirnova and M. I. Gerasimova p. 263 abstract

The Influence of Soil Salinization on Land Use Changes in Azov District of Rostov Oblast

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. 276 abstract

Soil Chemistry

Input and Behavior of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Arable, Fallow, and Forest Soils of the Taiga Zone (Tver Oblast)

A. P. Zhidkin, A. N. Gennadiev and T. S. Koshovskii p. 296 abstract

Use of Empirical Bayesian Kriging for Revealing Heterogeneities in the Distribution of Organic Carbon on Agricultural Lands

V. P. Samsonova, Yu. N. Blagoveshchenskii and Yu. L. Meshalkina p. 305 abstract

Soil Physics

Particle-size Distribution Patterns in Vertisols and Vertic Soils of Russia

N. B. B Khitrov and L. V. Rogovneva p. 312 abstract

Changes in Physical Properties and Carbon Stocks of Gray Forest Soils in the Southern Part of Moscow Region during Postagrogenic Evolution

Yu. I. Baeva, I. N. Kurganova, V. O. Lopes de Gerenyu, A. V. Pochikalov and V. N. Kudeyarov p. 327 abstract

Effect of Soil Density, Tensile Strength, and Water Infiltration on the Rupture Rate of Interaggregate Bonds

G. A. Larionov, N. G. Dobrovol’skaya, Z. P. Kiryukhina, S. F. Krasnov, L. F. Litvin, A. V. Gorobets and I. I. Sudnitsyn p. 335 abstract

Soil Biology

Variation in Soil Macro-Fauna Diversity in Seven Humus Orders of a Parrotio-Carpinetum Forest Association on Chromic Cambisols of Shast-Klateh Area in Iran

M. Izadi, H. Habashi and S. M. Waez-Mousavi p. 341 abstract

Degradation, Rehabilitation, and Conservation of Soils

Ecological Evaluation of Oil-Contaminated Soils (Sakhalin) Using Enchytraeidae

E. I. Kovaleva, A. S. Yakovlev, M. G. Nikolaenko (Kegiyan), A. O. Makarov and A. A. Makarov p. 350 abstract

Transformation and Contamination of Soils in Iron Ore Mining Areas (a Review)