Soils Map of the Arctic (Pochvennaia Karta Artiki)

A soil map of the Arctic, including the arctic and tundra regions of the Northern Hemisphere and the parts of the taiga zone that are adjacent to them, has been compiled at a scale of 1:10 000 000. The map shows the prevalent soils, their zonal and facial peculiarities, and the structure of the soil...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ivanova,Ye N, Vasil'yevskaya,V D, Ignatenko,I V, Liverovskaya,I T, Mikhaylov,I S
Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1977
Subjects:
Cartography and Aerial Photography
Soil Mechanics
*SOILS
*MAPS
USSR
CLASSIFICATION
TRANSLATIONS
GEOMORPHOLOGY
ARCTIC REGIONS
PERMAFROST
TUNDRA
Arctic
Mira
permafrost
taiga
Tundra
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA037449
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA037449
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Summary:A soil map of the Arctic, including the arctic and tundra regions of the Northern Hemisphere and the parts of the taiga zone that are adjacent to them, has been compiled at a scale of 1:10 000 000. The map shows the prevalent soils, their zonal and facial peculiarities, and the structure of the soil cover. The composition of the soil cover and microcombinations (complexes and nanocomplexes of soils) are determined mainly by bioclimatic conditions. Seven genetic- geometric forms of microcombinations (cracknanopolygonal, knolls, formed by cryoturbations, etc.) have been singled out. The meso-structure of the soil cover (combinations and mosaics) is conditioned mainly by the lythological and geomorphological peculiarities of the area. Fourteen genetic- geometric forms of mesostructures (linear-dendritic erosional, rounded-spotted depressional, etc) have been established. Division of the area into soil regions, drawings of soil profiles and complexes, and analytical data on soils complement the map. (Author) Trans. of Pochvy Mira (USSR), v8 p44-49 1974.

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