METHANE IN SOILS OF EUROPEAN RUSSIA
https://doi.org/10.7868/S2587556618030068
Abstract
The authors compiled and analyzed experimental data on the distribution of methane content in the soils of the lower Don steppe province (the south of Rostov oblast) and the subzone of typical (average) taiga (Karelia), forest-bog landscapes of Arkhangelsk, Pskov and Moscow oblasts. The data from the literature were also involved. Investigations revealed relatively low concentrations of methane (average of 0.18 µg/g of sample) in drained soils of tundra, taiga forest and steppe zones, and transition zones between forest and steppe, with a trend of increasing its amount from steppe zone to taiga with increasing soil moisture. Higher concentrations of methane (1–2 orders of magnitude higher) are typical for soils of waterlogged sites and peat deposits of bogs. The distribution along the vertical profile of methane in dry and temporarily flooded soils is characterized by a reduction of its concentrations from the surface to the lower horizons, while in peat deposits of bogs, the concentration of gas, by contrast, increases significantly with depth.
About the Authors
D. N. Gar’kusha
Southern Federal University
Russian Federation
Rostov-on-Don
Russian Federation
Rostov-on-Don
Yu. A. Fedorov
Southern Federal University
Russian Federation
Rostov-on-Don
Russian Federation
Rostov-on-Don
N. S. Tambieva
Hydrochemical Institute
Russian Federation
Rostov-on-Don
Russian Federation
Rostov-on-Don
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- Dry soils of tundra, taiga-forest, forest-steppe and steppe zones are characterized by low methane content.
- High concentrations of methane are characteristics of soils in wetlands and peat bogs.
- The concentration of methane in soils increases in a range of polar tundra → steppe → taiga → mixed forests.
- In dry and temporarily flooded soils, the concentration of methane down the vertical profile decreases.
- In peat deposits methane concentration increases significantly with depth.
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Gar’kusha D.N., Fedorov Yu.A., Tambieva N.S. METHANE IN SOILS OF EUROPEAN RUSSIA. Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya. 2018;(3):47-55. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.7868/S2587556618030068
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