Vol. 50, No. 4, 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

Anthropogenic Sediments and Soils of Tells of the Balkans and Anatolia: Composition, Genesis, and Relationships with the History of Landscape and Human Occupation

S. N. Sedov, A. L. Aleksandrovskii, M. Benz, V. I. Balabina, T. N. Mishina, V. A. Shishkov, F. Şahin and V. Özkaya p. 373 abstract

The Application of the Piecewise Linear Approximation to the Spectral Neighborhood of Soil Line for the Analysis of the Quality of Normalization of Remote Sensing Materials

A. L. Kulyanitsa, A. D. Rukhovich, D. D. Rukhovich, P. V. Koroleva, D. I. Rukhovich and M. S. Simakova p. 387 abstract

Soil Chemistry

Evaluation of Organic Carbon Stocks and СО₂ Fluxes in Grasslands of Western Transbaikalia

I. N. Lavrentyeva, M. G. Merkusheva and L. L. Ubugunov p. 396 abstract

Hydrocarbon Status of Soils in the Asphalt Deposit Area (Samara Bend)

Yu. I. Pikovskiy, A. N. Gennadiev, R. G. Kovach, A. P. Zhidkin, N. I. Khlynina and A. Yu. Kiseleva p. 412 abstract

Effect of Temperature and Moisture on the Mineralization and Humification of Leaf Litter in a Model Incubation Experiment

A. A. Larionova, A. N. Maltseva, V. O. Lopes de Gerenyu, A. K. Kvitkina, S. S. Bykhovets, B. N. Zolotareva and V. N. Kudeyarov p. 422 abstract

Soil Carbon Stocks Along an Altitudinal Gradient in Different Land-Use Categories in Lesser Himalayan Foothills of Kashmir

H. Shaheen, Y. Saeed, M. K. Abbasi and A. Khaliq p. 432 abstract

Dynamics of Denitrification and Ammonification Activities in the Abandoned and Intensely Cultivated Gray Forest Soils (Tula Oblast)

N. R. Emer, N. V. Kostina, M. V. Golichenkov and A. I. Netrusov p. 438 abstract

Soil Physics

An Improved Mualem–Van Genuchten Method and Its Verification Using Data on Beit Netofa Clay

V. V. Terleev, W. Mirschel, V. L. Badenko and I. Yu. Guseva p. 445 abstract

Mineralogy and Micromorphology of Soils

Minerals in the Three-Component Combination of Agrochernozems in the Kamennaya Steppe

N. P. Chizhikova, N. B. Khitrov, A. A. Samsonova, E. B. Varlamov, N. A. Churilin, L. V. Rogovneva and Yu. I. Cheverdin p. 456 abstract

Soil Biology

Bacterial Complexes of a High Moor Related to Different Elements of Microrelief

T. G. Dobrovol’skaya, A. V. Golovchenko, A. V. Yakushev, E. N. Yurchenko, N. A. Manucharov and I. Yu. Chernov p. 470 abstract

Microbiological Transformation of Carbon and Nitrogen Compounds in Forest Soils of Central Evenkia

N. D. Sorokin, D. E. Aleksandrov, I. D. Grodnitskaya and S. Yu. Evgrafova p. 476 abstract

Degradation, Rehabilitation, and Conservation of Soils

Changes in the Biological Activity of Heavy Metal- and Oil-Polluted Soils in Urban Recreation Territories

T. A. Trifonova and O. N. Zabelina p. 483 abstract

Self-Purification of Agrosoddy-Podzolic Sandy Loamy Soils Fertilized with Sewage Sludge

I. O. Plekhanova p. 491 abstract