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Ecological and Geochemical Features of Soils of the Tolbachik Dol Volcanic Plateau

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The study of the geochemical features of Vitric Andosols in the central part of the Tolbachik Dol Plateau near the Kleshnya and Alaid lava flows was carried out to determine the relationship between the elemental composition of parent rocks and the soils and vegetation forming on them. The elemental composition of the samples was determined by X-ray fluorescence analysis and ICP-AES. For statistical data processing, we used correlation analysis, principal component analysis, and non-metric multidimensional scaling (Statistica 7, R software). The distribution of elements in soils is largely determined by the relief conditions. The contents of Fe, Ca, and Ti throughout the study area exceed the regional background levels in the eastern part of the northern soil province of Kamchatka. Differences between plant communities growing on different lava flows are associated with the macrorelief and size of outcrops of lava debris rather than with the elemental composition of soils and underlying lava. However, there is a strong relationship between the distribution of Cu and P and the number of species and projective cover of vascular plants.

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    N. A. Bilaya, P. S. Zelenkovsky & S. N. Chukov

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Bilaya, N.A., Korablev, A.P., Zelenkovsky, P.S. et al. Ecological and Geochemical Features of Soils of the Tolbachik Dol Volcanic Plateau. Eurasian Soil Sc. 55, 404–412 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229322040044

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