Yevgeni Mikhailovich Naumov

PhD, Chief Researcher of the Laboratory of Evolution and Ecology of Soils, V.V. Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute, Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Organisation: V.V. Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute

Education:

• 1954, M.Sci., Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Moscow with a specialty in soil science and agronomy
• 1968, PhD (Candidate of Science (Agric.)), "Soils of the Northern Coast of the Sea of Okhotsk" (Timiryazev Agricultural Academy)
• 1993, Doctor of Science, "Soils and the Soil Cover of Northeastern Asia" (Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute)
  

Science interests & Projects:

• Genesis, geography, and classification of Siberian soils
• The Pleistocene history of soil formation as seen in the "Museum of Frozen Soils" in the yedoma suite, Kolyma basin
• Soil mapping, including the creation of pages of the State Soil Map of Russia, 1:1 M scale, on the territory of northeastern Asia
• Quantitative assessment of soil resources
• Soil-Ecological mapping; the creation of the maps of soil tolerance toward various impacts, soil vulnerability, biological potential of soils, soil erosion hazard, etc.
• Organizer of the Exhibition of Soil Maps at the X ISSS Congress in Moscow
• Participation in a series of international trips on soil correlation (Alaska, Canada, Northeastern Russia)
  

Selected Activities:

• 1993 up to now. Chief researcher, the Laboratory of Evolution and Ecology of Soils, V.V. Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute; soil mapping
• 1960-1993. Junior (1960-1968) and senior (1968-1993) researcher; soil survey works in various parts of the northeastern Asia
• 1954-1960. Laboratory assistant, Dept. of the Genesis, Classification, Geography, and Mapping of Soils, V.V. Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute; soil survey works in northern Kazakhstan (1954), Tuva Republic (1955, 1957), southern part of Krasnoyarsk region (Central Siberia) (1956), northern Yakutia and Magadan oblast (since 1958)

Selected publications:

Maps:

• State Soil Map of Russia (1:1 M scale), pages:
  "Magadan" (1977), "Seimchan" (1991), "Sredne-Kolymsk" (2001)
• Soil Map of the Arctic (in the Atlas of the Arctic), 1985
• Soil Map of the Magadan oblast, 1:2.5 M scale, 1990
• Soil Map of Yakutia, 1:5 M scale, 1989
• Soil Map of Northeastern Asia, 1:2.5 scale, 1993

Monographs and papers:

• Naumov, Ye.M. 1971. Agrochemical characterization of soils of the Magadan oblast. In: Agrochemical Characterization of Soils of the USSR, vol. 12, pp. 240-313.
• Naumov, Ye.M. 1974. Cryoarid taiga soils of the northern pole of cold. In: Permafrost and Soils, iss. 3. Yakutsk, pp. 104-110.
• Naumov, Ye.M. 1988. Recent and paleo-cryogenesis as a factor forming the soil cover pattern in northeastern Asia. In: Bull. Dokuchaev Soil Sci. Inst., iss. 46.
• Naumov, Ye.M. 1992. A system of soil-ecological maps for the northeast of Eurasia. In: Soils of the Far East, vol. 2. Vladivostok, pp. 27-32.
• Naumov, Ye.M. 1993. A system of soil-ecological and soil conservation maps for the northeast of Eurasia. In: Genesis and Geography of Soils. Moscow: Nauka, pp. 187-217.
• Naumov, Ye.M. 1994. The main soil types in northeastern Eurasia. In: Proc. of the Meeting on the Classification, Correlation, and Management of Permafrost-Affected Soils. Alaska, USA. Yukon and Northwest Territories, Canada. July 18-30, 1993. Lincoln, NE., pp. 82-89.
• Naumov, Ye.M. and B.P. Gradusov. 1974. Peculiarities of Taiga Soil Formation in the Extreme Northeast of Eurasia, Moscow: Kolos, 145 pp.
  

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