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Manifestations of Salinity and Solonetzicity in Zonal Soils of Mongolian Dry Steppes

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The taxonomic position of dry-steppe (chestnut) soils mentioned in the books Classification and Diagnostics of Soils of the USSR (1977), Classification and Diagnostics of Soils of Russia (2004), and World Reference Base for Soil Resources (2014) is discussed. Based on the example of the soils of Mongolia, it is shown that the soils of dry steppes that formed on light nonsaline parent rocks are normally nonsaline and nonsolonetzic. The soils of Mongolian dry steppes that formed on saline rocks are saline and solonetzic. The soils with profiles that include loamy layers (even those with a predominantly light granulometric composition and formed on nonsaline rocks) normally feature signs of solonetzicity in the loamy horizons.

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This study was performed as a part of the State Assignment, project no. 0591-2019-0023 (Identify Salinity Features in Soils of Various Regions of Eastern Siberia and Adjacent Areas).

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Pankova, E.I., Yamnova, I.A. Manifestations of Salinity and Solonetzicity in Zonal Soils of Mongolian Dry Steppes. Arid Ecosyst 11, 34–43 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S207909612101011X

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