Calcium Oxalates in Soils within Disturbed Landscapes and Rock on the Territory of Yakutia (Russia), Formation Conditions in a Sharply Continental Cryoarid Climate

• Published in: Minerals
• Main Authors: Tatiana I. Vasileva, Yana B. Legostaeva
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: biomineralization; weddellite; whewellite; Cryosol; Fluvisol; siltstone; lichens; micromycetes; Markha; permafrost; taiga; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/min13050659

The formation of oxalates in soils and rocks under conditions of cryoarid climate, permafrost and taiga vegetation was studied. Whewellite and weddellite were found in four areas associated with the mining industry: on the kimberlite deposit of the Daldyn territory, in the lower reaches of the Markh...