Properties and functioning of arable soils of the paleocryogenic soil complex in the Vladimir opolie region

Abstract

In agrolandscapes of the Vladimir opolie region, the ancient paleocryogenic microtopography is completely buried. However, the pattern of the paleocryogenic soil complex can be deduced from data on the humus content in the plow layer. Under conditions of a leveled surface microtopography, regular differences in the temperature and moisture of soils with different morphologies of their profile are observed; they are explained by the differences in the properties of particular genetic horizons. It is supposed that differences in the regimes of functioning of modern soils of the complex favor the preservation of the relict soilscape.