Cryosols: Permafrost-Affected Soils (Hardcover, 2004)

Section 1. The History of Research of Polar Soil.- 1. Soil Research in Arctic Alaska, Greenland, and Antarctica.- 2. The History of Research of Eurasian Cryosols.- 3. Northern Soil Research in Canada.- Section 2. The Geography of Cryosols.- 1. Similarities and Differences in Arctic and Antarctic Soil Zones.- 2. Cryosols in Alaska.- 3. Cryosols of Arctic Canada.- 4. Cryosols of the Boreal, Subarctic, and Western Cordillera Regions of Canada.- 5. Cryosols in the Russian Arctic Archipelagos.- 6. Soils and Soil Cover of Northeastern Eurasia.- 7. Cryosols of the Russian European North.- 8. Cryosols of Western Siberia.- 9. Cryosols of the Mountains of Southern Siberia and Far Eastern Russia.- 10. Geography and Ecology of Cryogenic Soils of Mongolia.- 11. The Periglacial Environment and Distribution of Cryosols in China.- 12. Cryosols of the Arid Antarctic.- 13. The Soil Cover of Central Siberia.- Section 3. Properties and Processes of Cryosols.- 1. Physico-Chemical Processes in Cryogenic Soils.- 2. Micromorphology of Cryosols.- 3. The Thermal Regime of Cryosols.- 4. Cryosols in the Extremely Arid Transantarctic Mountains Region of Antarctica.- 5. Mineralogy and Weathering of Antarctic Cryosols.- 6. Weathering Processes in Arid Cryosols.- Section 4. Ecological Processes of Cryosols.- 1. Organic Matter and Bioactivity in Cryosols of Arctic Alaska.- 2. The Biological Cycle in Terrestrial Polar Ecosystems and its Influence on Soil Formation.- 3. Soil Organic Matter Storage in Cold Soils of Coastal Eastern Antarctica (Casey Station, Wilkes Land).- 4. Composition and Transformation of Soil Organic Matter in Cryosols and Gelic Histosols in Coastal Eastern Antarctica (Casey Station, Wilkes Land).- 5. Microorganisms and Microbial Processes in Antarctic Soils.- 6. The Biology of Arid Cryosols.- 7. Biodiversity, primary productivity, and the seasonal dynamic of soil processes in Taimyr soil-permafrost complexes.- Section 5. Classification of Cryosols.- 1. Classification of Cryosols in Canada.- 2. Classification of Cryosols in Russia.- 3. The Gelisol Order in Soil Taxonomy.- 4. Classification of Permafrost-Affected Soils in the WRB.- Section 6. Management and Use of Cryosols.- 1. Agricultural Use of Tundra Soils in the Vorkuta Area, Northeast European Russia.- 2. Disposal of Mine Tailings in Continuous Permafrost Areas: Environmental Aspects and Future Control Strategies.- 3. Environmental Impacts and Recovery from Human Activities on Cryosols of the Transantarctic Mountains.- 4. Soil Properties and Relationships in Cryosols of the Region of the Transantarctic Mountains in Antarctica.