Contents

Eurasian Soil Science


Vol. 49, No. 6, 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 of Solonetzes on Terraces of Salt Lakes Bulukhta and Khaki in the Caspian Lowland

N. P. Shabanova and M. P. Lebedeva p. 591  abstract


Soil Chemistry

Chemodestructive Fractionation of Soil Organic Matter

A. I. Popov and A. V. Rusakov p. 606  abstract

Composition and Pools of Humus in Natural and Agrogenic Soils of the Kamchatka Peninsula

I. V. Kiseleva, L. N. Purtova and N. M. Kostenkov p. 613  abstract

Chemical Composition of Water-Soluble Fraction in Soils on Glaciolacustrine Deposits of the Russian Plain

E. G. Panova, G. A. Oleinikova, N. N. Matinyan and K. A. Bakhmatova p. 622  abstract

Near Infrared Spectroscopy Techniques for Soil Contamination Assessment in the Nile Delta

E. S. Mohamed, A. M. Ali, M. A. El Shirbeny, Afaf A. Abd El Razek and I. Yu. Savin p. 632  abstract


Soil Physics

Dynamics of the Microaggregate Composition of Chernozem in Relation to Changes in the Content of Organic Matter

V. S. Kryshchenko, I. V. Zamulina, T. V. Rybyanets, N. E. Kravtsova, O. A. Biryukova and O. M. Golozubov p. 640  abstract

Evaluation of Pedotransfer Functions for Estimating the Soil Water Retention Points

Omid Bahmani and Sahar Palangi p. 652  abstract

The Preferential Flow of Soil: A Widespread Phenomenon in Pedological Perspectives

Yinghu Zhang, Mingxiang Zhang, Jianzhi Niu and Haijin Zheng p. 661  abstract


Soil Biology

A Comparative Analysis of Microbiomes in Natural and Anthropogenically Disturbed Soils of Northwestern Kazakhstan

E. V. Pershina, E. A. Ivanova, A. G. Nagieva, A. T. Zhiengaliev, E. L. Chirak, E. E. Andronov and N. Kh. Sergaliev p. 673  abstract

Determination of Carbon and Nitrogen in Microbial Biomass of Southern-Taiga Soils by Different Methods

M. I. Makarov, T. I. Malysheva, M. N. Maslov, E. Yu. Kuznetsova and O. V. Menyailo p. 685  abstract


Soil Erosion

Soil Erosion in River Basins of Georgia

G. P. Gogichaishvili p. 696  abstract


Degradation, Rehabilitation, and Conservation of Soils

Promising Approaches to the Purification of Soils and Groundwater from Hydrocarbons (A Review)

Yu. N. Vodyanitskii, S. Ya. Trofimov and S. A. Shoba p. 705  abstract

Legal and Organizational Enhancement of the Mechanisms of Soil Fertility Preservation in the Russian Federation (Using the Example of the Far East)

O. V. Nesterova, V. A. Semal and V. G. Tregubova p. 714  abstract