CALM SITE R15A

CALM SITE R15B

Site name

KONKOVAYA RIVER

KONKOVAYA RIVER

CAPS I Metadata form

GGD362

GGD362

CAPS II Metadata form

GGD313_R15A

GGD313_R15B

Site Photograph

Site Photograph

Responsible for data submission

Andrey Abramov

Andrey Abramov

Email Address

pro-forest@mail.ru

pro-forest@mail.ru

Institution/Organization

Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science Pushchino, Moscow region

Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science Pushchino, Moscow region

Location description

Lower Kolyma River

Lower Kolyma River

Location Lat.

69 deg. 23 min. N [08']

69 deg. 23 min. N

Location Lon.

158 deg. 28 min. E [06']

158 deg. 28 min. E

Elevation avg. (m)

20

41

Methods Grid

100

100

Methods Other

Landscape Description

Alas

Edoma

Vegetation /Classification

Mesic sedge-cottongrass tundra

Mesic sedge-cottongrass tundra

Soils (or Material)

Gleyic Cryosols (loamy) on edoma; Gleyi-Histic Cryosols (loamy) and Cryic Histosolsin the alas (3)

Gleyic Cryosols (loamy) on edoma; Gleyi-Histic Cryosols (loamy) and Cryic Histosolsin the alas (3)

Thaw depth measurements (year started)               

1996

1999

soil temp. measurements (year started)

no

no

soil moisture measurements (year started)

no

no

general description of soil moisture (dry, moist, wet, saturated)

wet and saturated

moist

soil texture: if non organic describe texture, if organic indicate thickness of organic layer (cm)

peaty and loamy

loamy

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Data Access

REFERENCES:

Fyodorov-Davydov, D.G., Sorokovikov, V.A., Ostroumov, V.E., Kholodov, A.L., Mitroshin, I.A., Mergelov, N.S., Davydov, S.P., Zimov, S.A. & Davydova, A.I. 2004. Spatial and Temporal Observations of Seasonal Thaw in the Northern Kolyma Lowland. Polar Geography 28 (4): 308-325.