DO WE NEED THE GENUS LEVEL IN THE RUSSIAN SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM?
The level of genus in the “Classification and diagnostics of soils of the USSR”, 1977 is discussed as applied for diverse purposes. It was very often required in soil surveys to indicate details of soil processes, current or inherited features when compiling small- and medium-scale soil maps. In the...
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V.V. Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute
2018-11-01
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| description | The level of genus in the “Classification and diagnostics of soils of the USSR”, 1977 is discussed as applied for diverse purposes. It was very often required in soil surveys to indicate details of soil processes, current or inherited features when compiling small- and medium-scale soil maps. In the recent classification of Russian soils, genus level is mostly used for the analytical characteristics of soils, whereas its former functions were transferred to the subtype level; for example, red color of parent material corresponds to “red-profile” subtype. In the updated classification system of soils of Russia, it is proposed to expand the sphere of the genus level application over a broader set of phenomena, to update the criteria for different genera, and to arrange genera in groups like those for genetic properties, which serve as criteria to identify subtypes. The following preliminary groups of genera may be specified: analytical including genera related to chemical soil pollution, lithological (particular parent materials), temporal for ephemeral features, pedogenetic – disclosing or indicating mechanisms of soil processes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0b6bcdb7bc0c4dcc9b91cef847adc6472024-04-01T16:06:44ZrusV.V. Dokuchaev Soil Science InstituteБюллетень Почвенного института им. В.В. Докучаева0136-16942312-42022018-11-01095909810.19047/0136-1694-2018-95-90-98302DO WE NEED THE GENUS LEVEL IN THE RUSSIAN SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM?M. I. Gerasimova0V.V. Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityThe level of genus in the “Classification and diagnostics of soils of the USSR”, 1977 is discussed as applied for diverse purposes. It was very often required in soil surveys to indicate details of soil processes, current or inherited features when compiling small- and medium-scale soil maps. In the recent classification of Russian soils, genus level is mostly used for the analytical characteristics of soils, whereas its former functions were transferred to the subtype level; for example, red color of parent material corresponds to “red-profile” subtype. In the updated classification system of soils of Russia, it is proposed to expand the sphere of the genus level application over a broader set of phenomena, to update the criteria for different genera, and to arrange genera in groups like those for genetic properties, which serve as criteria to identify subtypes. The following preliminary groups of genera may be specified: analytical including genera related to chemical soil pollution, lithological (particular parent materials), temporal for ephemeral features, pedogenetic – disclosing or indicating mechanisms of soil processes.https://bulletin.esoil.ru/jour/article/view/306taxonomic levelsgenus diagnostic criteriagroups of genera |
| spellingShingle | M. I. Gerasimova DO WE NEED THE GENUS LEVEL IN THE RUSSIAN SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM? Бюллетень Почвенного института им. В.В. Докучаева taxonomic levels genus diagnostic criteria groups of genera |
| title | DO WE NEED THE GENUS LEVEL IN THE RUSSIAN SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM? |
| title_full | DO WE NEED THE GENUS LEVEL IN THE RUSSIAN SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM? |
| title_fullStr | DO WE NEED THE GENUS LEVEL IN THE RUSSIAN SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM? |
| title_full_unstemmed | DO WE NEED THE GENUS LEVEL IN THE RUSSIAN SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM? |
| title_short | DO WE NEED THE GENUS LEVEL IN THE RUSSIAN SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM? |
| title_sort | do we need the genus level in the russian soil classification system |
| topic | taxonomic levels genus diagnostic criteria groups of genera |
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