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Ratio of elements in humic acids as a source of information on the environment of soil formation

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This paper considers the informative importance of one of the main features that characterize humic acids of soils at the diagnosis of the natural environment of their formation in both the present and the past. It is shown that the ratio of elements in the humic acids clearly corresponds to the landscape conditions and quantitative characteristics of climatic parameters. They persist over time and can serve as one of the reliable indicators in assessing the environment of different periods of paleogeographic history.

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  1. Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Sovetskaya 18, Novosibirsk, 630099, Russia

    M. I. Dergacheva, D. A. Gavrilov & K. O. Ochur

  2. Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, ul. Lenina 51, Ekaterinburg, 620000, Russia

    O. A. Nekrasova

  3. Institute of Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Lenina 41, Yakutsk, 677007, Russia

    M. V. Okoneshnikova

  4. Samara Academy of Public and Municipal Administration, ul. Stara-Zagora 96, Samara, 443084, Russia

    D. I. Vasil’eva

  5. Tuvan State University, ul. Lenina 36, Kyzyl, Russia, 667000

    E. E. Ondar

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Original Russian Text © M.I. Dergacheva, O.A. Nekrasova, M.V. Okoneshnikova, D.I. Vasil’eva, D.A. Gavrilov, K.O. Ochur, E.E. Ondar, 2012, published in Sibirskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal, 2012, No. 5, pp. 667–676.

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Dergacheva, M.I., Nekrasova, O.A., Okoneshnikova, M.V. et al. Ratio of elements in humic acids as a source of information on the environment of soil formation. Contemp. Probl. Ecol. 5, 497–504 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995425512050022

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