BIOMORPH ANALYSIS AS A COMPONENT OF THE GENETIC AND MORPHOLOGICAL-STUDY OF SOIL

A definition for biomorph analysis is suggested. The structure and the placement of biomorph analysis in the general system of the morpholog ical study of soil are discussed. The main objects of analysis morphs (phytoliths, spores and pollen, diatoms, sponge spicules, etc.)-are ch aracterized with respect to their diagnostic features and methods of d ata interpretation. The need to include biomorphic studies into the ge neral system of pedogenetic investigations is substantiated.