Evolution of forest pedogenesis in the south of the forest-steppe of the Central Russian Upland in the Late Holocene

Abstract

The Late Holocene stage of forest pedogenesis has been studied on the interfluves along river valleys in the forest-steppe zone of the Central Russian Upland. The development of gray forest soils from the former chernozems as a result of the Late Holocene advance of forest vegetation over steppes is discusse