Sod-podzolic groundwater cryptogley and groundwater gley soils of the Belarusian polesye region

Abstract

Findings of investigation of a constitution, compound and properties of sod-podzolic weakly gleyey and gleyey forest soils of the Belarus Polesye region are resulted. It is defined gradation analysis and properties. It is specified, that sod-podzolic weakly gleyey and gleyey soils are formed on fluvioglacial and old alluvial sandy and sandy-loam deposits. The humus content in sod-podzolic soils averages 2– 3%. Soils are characterised middle acidic to subacidic reaction of medium, the degree of soils saturation of the base varies from 33% in a humus horizon to 79% in underlaying horizons. They are formed bracken, bilberry and oxalis phylums of ouk-woods on a given soils.