TY - JOUR

T1 - Microclimate affects soil chemical and mineralogical properties of cold alpine soils of the Altai Mountains (Russia)

AU - Egli, M.

AU - Lessovaia, S.N.

AU - Chistyakov, K.

AU - Inozemzev, S.

AU - Polekhovsky, Y.

AU - Ganyushkin, D.

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - © 2014, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Purpose: The present work focuses on cold alpine soils of the Altai Mountains (Siberia, Russia). Permafrost is widespread and often occurs at a depth of about 100 cm. The area is characterised by extremely cold winters and cool summers: the aim was consequently to find out whether weathering could be more intense on thermally less unfavoured conditions or whether the abundance of water could be a more important factor. Materials and methods: We investigated 10 soils in a very small area close to a local glacier tongue. Five of the investigated soils were south-facing and the other five north-facing. The soils have the same parent material (mica-rich till), altitude, topography and soil age. The vegetation is alpine grassland that is partially intersected with some juniper and mosses. Soil chemical properties such as organic C, N, soil organic matter quality (using DRIFT), pH value, (oxy)hydroxides, total elemental contents (XRF) and soil micromorphology and mineralog

AB - © 2014, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Purpose: The present work focuses on cold alpine soils of the Altai Mountains (Siberia, Russia). Permafrost is widespread and often occurs at a depth of about 100 cm. The area is characterised by extremely cold winters and cool summers: the aim was consequently to find out whether weathering could be more intense on thermally less unfavoured conditions or whether the abundance of water could be a more important factor. Materials and methods: We investigated 10 soils in a very small area close to a local glacier tongue. Five of the investigated soils were south-facing and the other five north-facing. The soils have the same parent material (mica-rich till), altitude, topography and soil age. The vegetation is alpine grassland that is partially intersected with some juniper and mosses. Soil chemical properties such as organic C, N, soil organic matter quality (using DRIFT), pH value, (oxy)hydroxides, total elemental contents (XRF) and soil micromorphology and mineralog

U2 - 10.1007/s11368-013-0838-4

DO - 10.1007/s11368-013-0838-4

M3 - Article

VL - 15

SP - 1420

EP - 1436

JO - Journal of Soils and Sediments

JF - Journal of Soils and Sediments

SN - 1439-0108

IS - 6

ER -