Cryogenic processes of Yailas in Crimea

Abstract

The upper plateaus of Crimean mountains lie at height of 900-1500 m. The structural grounds were found at these plateaus. They have rounded, polygonal, stripped, reticulated pattern, are covered with limestone cobble and are surrounded by «bunches» of sedge. They are formed in the areas of the wet blackearth-like loamy soils less than 20 cm thick which lie on the fissured limestone and are exposed to multifold freezing-thawing cycles.