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A new soil map of the Russian Arctic on a scale of 1 : 1 M shows the soil cover in the north of Eurasia and on the islands of the Arctic Ocean to the north of 68° N. This map has been developed in a geoinformation system in the vector format with the wide use of remote sensing data. The delineated soil polygons show dominant and accompanying soils and the structure of soil cover patterns with indication of soil associations and soil complexes, the character of parent materials, and the topographic conditions. The map of the soil-geographic zoning of the Russian Arctic developed on the basis of the soil map differs from its earlier analogues in a greater degree of detail. The soil map of the Russian Arctic on a scale of 1 : 1 M displays the most detailed information on the soil cover patterns and can be used for solving various problems related to the exploration and development of this territory. Soil names from the new classification system of Russian soils [10] have been introduced into the legend of the map. New soil information and the use of remote sensing data have made it possible to enlarge the number of soil polygons shown on the map and to correct their boundaries in comparison with previous soil maps of the Russian Arctic.
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Original Russian Text © I.S. Mikhailov, 2016, published in Pochvovedenie, 2016, No. 4, pp. 411–419.
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Mikhailov, I.S. Soil map of the Russian Arctic on a 1 : 1 M scale: Contents and compilation methods. Eurasian Soil Sc. 49, 377–385 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229316040086
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229316040086