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Nonspecific organic compounds in peat soils of the Subpolar Urals

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Specific features of organic matter, molecular composition and distribution of oxygen-containing nonspecific organic compounds (fatty acids, long-chain aliphatic alcohols, and ketones) were revealed in two peat soils on slopes of the Subpolar Urals: the eutrophic peat soil of the spring mire (Hemic Histosols) and the peat soil of a slope mire (Fibric Histosols). Compounds that can serve as molecular markers for some evolutionary stages of peats were determined for this area. Based on the data obtained, the most probable causes of differences in the composition of organic compounds in the peats studied were found to be the following: environmental conditions, water and mineral regime of bog, and differences in the composition of peat-forming plants.

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    N. A. Nizovtsev & A. A. Dymov

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    V. A. Kholodov, V. A. Ivanov & Yu. R. Farkhodov

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Original Russian Text © N.A. Nizovtsev, V.A. Kholodov, V.A. Ivanov, Yu.R. Farkhodov, A.A. Dymov, 2017, published in Pochvovedenie, 2017, No. 9, pp. 1090–1097.

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Nizovtsev, N.A., Kholodov, V.A., Ivanov, V.A. et al. Nonspecific organic compounds in peat soils of the Subpolar Urals. Eurasian Soil Sc. 50, 1048–1054 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229317070080

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