SORS: AN EXAMPLE OF ARID LANDFORMS
https://doi.org/10.15356/0435-4281-2013-3-
Abstract
The existing definitions of the terms “sor” and “sor depression” were analyzed. A variety of formulations arises from the lack of the knowledge about genesis of these arid landforms. Multiplicity of their origin leads to the diversity of their morphometric, geochemical, and soil characteristics. The analysis of literature and data obtained during field researches allowed author to suggest general definition of the term “sor”: closed depression of various genesis with an ephemeral piece of water, characterized by intensive salinization and formation of solonchaks with strongly pronounced saline horizon.
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Pischulov S.A. SORS: AN EXAMPLE OF ARID LANDFORMS. Geomorfologiya. 2013;(3). (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15356/0435-4281-2013-3-
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