Genesis and Classification of Soil in Northern Eurasia, Central and Southern Europe

Georgy М. Antonov

Abstract: The paper deals with analyzed a soil amendment on existing data and research of soils and climate in North Asia and Europe. Two zones are established:
1. North - Mineral degradation on the territory of the plain glaciers in glacial period, including but South East Siberia and Baikal mountain system;
2. South zone – Humic - degradation south of the Ice - cap territory during the Ice Age, including mountainous terrain in mountain glaciers from Baikal mountains to the Atlantic ocean.

Keywords: Holocene; humus degradation; mineral degradation; Pliocene; soil cover

Date published: 2017-03-13