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Although Soil Taxonomy attempts to account for all the soils in the world, taxa for permafrost regions of the world did not receive adequate attention until recently. This can be attributed to the low human population of permafrost regions and the limited suitability for traditional cultivated agriculture.
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Ahrens, R.J., Bockheim, J.G., Ping, CL. (2004). The Gelisol Order in Soil Taxonomy . In: Kimble, J.M. (eds) Cryosols. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06429-0_32
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