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Rostislav Sergeevich Il’in: A soil scientist and geologist ahead of his time

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The most important aspects of the research of Il’in that turned out to be ahead of his time are analyzed. These aspects are as follows: the relationships and simultaneous development of surface rocks, relief elements, and soils; the integrity of the development and hierarchical spatial-temporal variability of landscapes; the continuous displacement of natural zones (evolutionary and revolutionary, when moving to the equator and poles, respectively); the succession of climatic phases of the geological cycle—from the interglacial xerothermic phase to the glacial cold and humid one separated by transitional phases with a temperate climate; and the complex subaerial-stream theory of the origin of loess.

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Original Russian Text © S.A. Sycheva, 2007, published in Pochvovedenie, 2007, No. 3, pp. 373–379.

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Sycheva, S.A. Rostislav Sergeevich Il’in: A soil scientist and geologist ahead of his time. Eurasian Soil Sc. 40, 341–346 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229307030143

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