Microclimate affects soil chemical and mineralogical properties of cold alpine soils of the Altai Mountains (Russia)

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1420-1436

  Egli, Markus ^a   Lessovaia, Sofia N ^b   Chistyakov, Kirill ^b   Inozemzev, Svyatoslav ^b   Polekhovsky, Yurii ^b   Ganyushkin, Dmitry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Organic carbon; Oxyhydroxides; Permafrost; Water availability; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIODEGRADATION; CLAY MINERAL; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRASSLAND; HOLOCENE; MICROCLIMATE; MINERAL PROPERTY; ORGANIC MATTER; PARENT MATERIAL; RADIOCARBON DATING; SOIL CHEMISTRY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WEATHERING;

ALPS; ALTAI MOUNTAINS;

BRYOPHYTA; JUNIPERUS;

EID: 84929379606     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-013-0838-4     Document Type: Article

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