Pedocyclites in gray forest and buried Bryansk soils of the Vladimir opol'e and biological methods of their diagnostics

Pedocyclites (multilayered substrates of modern soils that are formed in co nditions of alternating sediment accumulation and pedogenesis) are often co mposed of elementary soil formations (ESF) of Pleistocene age that may be d evoid of their humus horizons. Thus, multilayered pseudohomogeneous lithoge nic substrates arc formed. It is suggested that they can be called pedolith ocyclites. The origin of such bodies can be explained within the framework of the concept of morpholithopedogenesis. It is shown that biological metho ds, in particular palynological analysis and the measurement of soil biolog ical activity, can be used for the diagnostics of pedocyclites.