Landscape-Geochemical School of the Institute of Geography SB RAS
I.A. BELOZERTSEVA, N.V. VLASOVA, I.B. VOROBYOVA
V.B. Sochava Institute of Geography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia
Keywords: geochemistry of landscapes, geography of soils, Siberia, history of science, stationary research
Abstract
Over more than 60 years of research, the Institute of Geography SB RAS has developed a scientific landscape-geochemical school of experimental study of territories at both regional and local levels, the founder of which was V.A. Snytko. The contribution of experimental monitoring studies of the material component of geosystems to knowledge of their dynamics and evolution in natural and anthropogenic disturbed conditions is considered. It is shown that the uniqueness of the Irkutsk landscape and geochemical school consists not only in the clearly pronounced geographical aspect of its development, but also in the ecological and biotic aspect. When summarizing the experience of landscape-geochemical and soil-geographical studies in Siberia, their important role in providing information for complex physical geography, and in the differentiated assessment of the territory on a material basis is highlighted.
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