Research of the Arctic Soils Using an Artificial Neural Network

• Published in: Journal of Ecological Engineering
• Main Authors: Tursynkul Bazarbayeva, Aigul A. Urymbaeva, Gulnar T. Kubesova, Aigul K. Mamyrbekova, Alim T. Mylkaidarov, Askhat T. Umbetbekov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polish Society of Ecological Engineering (PTIE) 2021
• Subjects: pelozems; arctic soils; composition; Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TD1-1066; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Arctic; Franz Josef Land; Severnaya Zemlya; Novaya Zemlya; Taimyr; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.12911/22998993/141297; https://doaj.org/article/008a788cce914ec3822f17f7e7275bb1

Desert-Arctic soils – balasamy (W–C1), are found in the most northerly position in the Arctic . These soils are characterized by a light granulometric composition and are formed in the areas recently released from glaciers, and develop under a crust of blue-green algae. Arctic soils (AO-AY-BC–C) are common on loamy and gravelly–loamy soils (Severnaya Zemlya, Novaya Zemlya, Franz Josef Land, North of the Taimyr Peninsula). They are characterized by wedge-shaped horizons, and are formed in the form of polygons with a diameter of 0.5-1.0 m under moss-shrub vegetation. Carbonate pelozems (WSA–SSA) are found on deluvial deposits of carbonate rocks on loamy-gravelly soils. The vegetation cover is represented by lichens and rare specimens of flowering plants. In the Arctic tundra, on the most drained areas on loamy and gravelly-loamy soils, humified weak-clay (gley) soils (AO-A-CRMg-C(D)) are common. In terms of morphology and chemistry, these soils are similar to Arctic soils, but differ from them in the large development of wedge-shaped horizons. In this work, the composition of Arctic soils was studied using a neural network.