CONCEPTS OF SOIL FORMATION AND CLASSIFICATION IN ARCTIC REGIONS *

OME eighty years ago, when Dokuchaev (Margulis, 1954) distinguished S ' five natural soil zones- tundra, podzol, chernozem, desert, and laterite-the stage was set for a systematic study of soils as naturally occurring bodies. Of these, the tundra has received by far the least attention. Europea...

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Main Authors: J. C. F. Tedrow, J. E. Canton. F
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Summary:OME eighty years ago, when Dokuchaev (Margulis, 1954) distinguished S ' five natural soil zones- tundra, podzol, chernozem, desert, and laterite-the stage was set for a systematic study of soils as naturally occurring bodies. Of these, the tundra has received by far the least attention. European