ORIGIN OF SLITOZEMS (VERTISOLS) OF THE ALAZAN VALLEY

Authors
SAMOYLOVA YM CHERNOVA OV CHICHAGOVA OA CHERKINSKIY AY
Citation
Ym. Samoylova et al., ORIGIN OF SLITOZEMS (VERTISOLS) OF THE ALAZAN VALLEY, Eurasian soil science, 26(8), 1994, pp. 1-11
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture Soil Science
Journal title
Eurasian soil science → ACNP
ISSN journal
10642293
Volume
26
Issue
8
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1 - 11
Database
ISI
SICI code
1064-2293(1994)26:8<1:OOS(OT>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
It is shown that the hydrothermal and geochemical situation in the Ala zan' valley is favorable for the formation of Slitozems (Compact soils ). Slitozem with all its typical features was formed from structured m aterial of automorphic soil in less than 3,000 years in a small depres sion of the rock train zone of spurs of the Tsiv-Gomborskiy range. In terms of the generally accepted characteristics of organic matter, the Compact soils of Transcaucasus are similar to the Chernozems of tempe rate latitudes. Their humus corresponds to present-day geochemical and climatic features of the region.