Vol. 50, No. 8, 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

Quantitative Assessment of Pedodiversity and Soil Erosion within a Karst Sinkhole in the Dry Steppe Subzone

M. A. Smirnova and A. N. Gennadiev p. 873 abstract

Soils of Postpyrogenic Larch Stands in Central Siberia: Morphology, Physicochemical Properties, and Specificity of Soil Organic Matter

V. V. Startsev, A. A. Dymov and A. S. Prokushkin p. 885 abstract

Soils of Northern Spurs of the Cherskii Ridge in the Area of the Northern Pole of Cold: Morphology, Properties, and Classification

M. V. Okoneshnikova and R. V. Desyatkin p. 898 abstract

Digital Soil Map of the Ussuri River Basin

A. N. Bugaets, N. F. Pschenichnikova, A. A. Tereshkina, S. M. Krasnopeev, B. I. Gartsman, O. M. Golodnaya and V. I. Oznobikhin p. 907 abstract

Application of Cluster and Discriminant Analyses to Diagnose Lithological Heterogeneity of the Parent Material according to Its Particle-Size Distribution

K. G. Giniyatullin, A. A. Valeeva and E. V. Smirnova p. 917 abstract

Soil Chemistry

Formation of Hydrate Films on the Surface of Calcium Silicate and Aluminate in the Presence of Polyelectrolytes

G. N. Kurochkina p. 925 abstract

Soil Biology

Seasonal Changes in the Communities of Microorganisms and Algae in the Litters of Tree Plantations in the Steppe Zone

Ye. I. Maltsev, S. V. Didovich and I. A. Maltseva p. 935 abstract

Composition of Phototrophs in Different Soil Types of Astrakhan Oblast

Yu. V. Bataeva, I. S. Dzerzhinskaya and L. V. Yakovleva p. 943 abstract

Stability and Morphological and Molecular-Genetic Identification of Algae in Buried Soils

A. D. Temraleeva, S. V. Moskalenko, M. V. El’tsov, I. M. Vagapov, A. Yu. Ovchinnikov, L. A. Gugalinskaya, V. M. Alifanov and D. L. Pinskii p. 952 abstract

Soil Mineralogy and Micromorphology

Mineralogy of Parent rock and Peaty-Podzolic Soil of Iremel Ridge, Southern Urals

R. M. Khalitov, E. N. Perova, E. V. Abakumov and R. R. Suleimanov p. 961 abstract

Degradation, Remediation, and Conservation of Soils

Effect of Red Clover on the Microbial Transformation of Phenanthrene and Octadecane in the Soil

A. V. Nazarov, E. A. Shestakova and L. N. Anan’yina p. 971 abstract

Long-Term Dynamics of Heavy Metals in the Upper Horizons of Soils in the Region of a Copper Smelter Impacts during the Period of Reduced Emission