The urgency and relevance of the theme of dissertation. Nowadays «...mountain systems occupy the fourth part of the land of the world, their nature has many peculiar features that distinguish mountains from plains and various complexes of landscapes from the tropics to the artic zone»1. Uniqueness of mountain ecosystems defines features of soil formation and nature of use of the foothill and mountain soils. From this point of research of genesis, evolution and fertility of soils of vertical zones is one of the major theoretical challenges. From the depth and longitude of its solution depends understanding of patterns of geographical distribution of soils, development processes of geochemical landscapes, knowledge and use of the natural resources as a whole.
In the Republic climate change of modem mountain and foothill soils provide as a integral inducator, in this regard, the foothill and mountain soil of Fegana valley with arid and humid climate, soil-ecological regime act as example of their response to natural and human-induced changes of a regional nature. Consequently, an evaluation of the effects of hydrothermal and other soil forming factors, soil properties in elementary and geochemical landscapes, in different expositions, moreover fertility assessment, conservation and its improvement arc undoubted relevance.
In the world of the research of soil properties, including content and migration of a row of macro- and microelements arc an important link in knowledge of genesis and evolution of mountain and foothill soils. Issues of migration of chemical elements in geochemical landscapes of soil vertical zones, both natural and anthropogenic conditions arc insufficiently researched. In general, analysis of genesis of accumulation and differentiation of macro- and microelements, their connections in geochemical barriers with the position of soil-geochemical barriers appear to be quite a challenge for soil science at present.
The problems of mountain soils without taking into account their regional and local characteristics cannot be resolved. Theoretical section of modern soil science in this regard would certainly require extensions, in addition, ecological-genetic, agrophysical and chemical as well as biogeochemical properties of foothill and mountain soils of Fergana valley studies were insufficient. Research on the factors influence the genesis and formation of soils and geochemical landscapes of mountain areas, as well as the behavior of micro elements, especially low studied, non-studied (Rb, Cs, Cr, U, Sc, La, Hf, Sb, Ce, Sm, Tb, Yb, Lu, Th) elements in the elementary systems, the type of genetic horizons of soil-rock-soil-plants arc practically non-studied. In addition, humus state, background content of macro-and microelements, soil-geochemical provinces not developed that make up the relevance of the topic of the thesis.
The dissertation to some extent may contribute to solve problems defined in the law «On Earth» the Republic of Uzbekistan, decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan from August 23, 2016 №273 «On approval of the environmental monitoring program in the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2016-2020» and the on May 27, 2013 №142 «On the program of environmental action of the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2013-2017», as well as other legal documents adopted in this area.
Purpose of the study is the complex characteristic of mountain and foothill soils with use of morphogenetic, landscape-geochemical methods of a research, influence of ckological-gcnctic properties of migration, accumulation and differentiation of chemical elements in a chain «maternal breed-soil-plant», and also to reveal fertility.
Scientific novelty of the research is in the following:
first proven processes of soil formation Foothill and mountain soils of Fergana Valley under the influence of precipitation, terrain, irrigation waters and other acquired modem ecological-genetic and soil-geochemical properties;
it is defined morphological, biogeochemical, physical and chemical, chemical properties and geochemical barriers in the brown mountain-forest, mountain-brown soils created on different conditions and breeds;
the pcdochcmical and background structure of Rb, Cs, Cr, U, Sc, La, Hf, Sb, Ce, Sm, Tb, Yb, Lu, Th in soils and the soil formation breeds is defined;
it is proved that a humus condition of mountain and foothill soils, and also processes of hymification and a mineralization, humus type fulvatc-humatc where the ratio of CGA:CFA varies within 1-2 are revealed;
new bilateral pcdochcmical barriers, baric, magnesium, molybdenum and other provinces on the basis of which genetic, geochemical, ecologic-genetic conditions and properties of soils and the soil formation of breeds arc defined are allocated;
within vertical zonality hydrothermal indicators of the North and South of the valley, in particular average annual temperature are raised on 1,85°C from which process of an aridization under the influence of which in genesis and properties of soils of elementary landscapes there arc important changes results.
CONCLUSIONS
1. Researches of soil formation factors in mountains shows their unequal significance in comparison with plains. It is shown that the leading role in mountain soil formation process belongs to a relief and climate, which influence in mountains created variety of soil-geochemical landscapes, connected with geochemical flows of elements.
2. Distinction in soils, maternal breeds and content of separate elements arc connected with ancient deposits, so in the north of the territory of Nanay and above, rocks have upper Permian and lower the Neogen-Mioccne content consisting of a limy-slate and glauconitic complex, and in the south within Yordon and Khaydarkan have lower Silurian and lower carbonic, Devonian content which consists also limy-dolomite thickness.
In the conditions of foothill and mountain soils of the Fergana valley is allocated light-gray meadow-steppe, gray mountain-forest , mountain-brown, carbonate and sierozems formed generally on skeletal eluvial , proluvial and also on the loess and loess type loams which in the soil-ecological relation sharply differ. The morphology of northern soils is more stretched than southern.
3. Due to growth of an aridization, that is growth of annual average temperatures in general goes slow, but notable changes in climate towards growth of annual average in the north and in the south of the region which inevitably smoothly lead to change of borders of distribution of soils in a vertical, this process goes in the south of the region quicker.
4. By comparison of a general content of organic substances of the conditional-irrigated and irrigated soils it is established that mountain-brown, dark and typical sierozems in case of irrigation in the first years lose humus, the washed soils arc enriched with them. However these changes owing to hydrogeological, gcomorphological conditions do not lead to complete equalization of these soils. In this plan the leading role is played by climate, a relief and an anthropogenesis factor.
On the example of the foothills and mountains of the Fergana valley very difficult and various on soil formation factors, which influence the processes of soil formation and differentiation of landscapes and the soil horizons also geochemical and biogeochemical interconnected and interdependent mechanisms of an evolution and distribution of soils are established.
5. In landscape-geochemical conditions with mountain soils and a sierozcmic belt on the way of migration macro - and microelements the system of various radial the pcdogcochcmical barriers is created: vaporizing, carbonate bilateral, carbonate-gypsum bilateral, oxygen, gley.
6. With increase in degree of calcareousness of the soil, receipt, respectively a coefficient of biological absorption of plants of a row macro - and microelements decreases. This process from dark sierozems to light sierozems amplifies, as a result of watering smoothes out a little.
The relation of content of СаСОз in soil thickness and soil formation breed constitutes 1,25. Accumulation of carbonate in a soil profile happened mainly not in case of evaporation of ground waters which depth reaches more than 10m, and cannot take part in forming of a soil profile, but with the participation of a soil biota and vegetation. Thus, accumulative functions of the studied soils of sicrozcmic and mountain zone are shown in the relation not only organic carbon and carbon of carbonates.
7. The irrigated sierozems of the valley on content of gross molybdenum belong to geochemical provinces of enrichment where it contains in sierozems 2,2-4,7 CC. Depending on a provision of the upper bound of the carbonate horizon migration of molybdenum on a profile of soils either is complicated or does not happen. This provision protects the living being from negative influence of molybdenum.
8. Content of the elements Fe, Ba, Sc, Cr, Rb, Sb, Cs, Hf, La, Ce, Sm, Tb, Yb, Lu, Th, U can serve as a background for soils of a mountain and foothill, such as the brown mountain-forest, mountain-brown, carbonate, irrigated sierozems. The clement background at the same time can serve in these soils for clarification of a row the pcdogcochcmical and genetic characteristics and creation of soil-gcochcmical monitoring, placement of crops for the purpose of receipt of environmentally friendly food.
9. Accumulation of boron (CC=6-8), zinc (CC=l,6-2,8), molybdenum (CC=l,0-l,9), manganese (CC=1-1,7), copper (CC=1,4-1,5) is characteristic of landscapes of a sicrozemic zone with sierozems and they belong the province of enrichment. The greatest nature of communication of the soil with soil formation breeds was peculiar to zinc, and the greatest coefficient of local migration - to boron, the others took the following places: Mn>Cu>Mo>Zn.
High communication between a cotton, the soil and breeds arc found for molybdenum (Ax =0,4), other microelements took the following places among: B>Cu>Zn>Mn, which Ax lower than 0,4.
For zones with sierozcmic soils were characteristic superfluous and raised zincum - molybdenum geochemical province and the excess copper geochemical province is characteristic of the subordinated geochemical landscapes.
10. Soils of the considered geochemical landscapes differed among themselves in the content of gold. Its content was more in soils and the soil formation breeds of the right coast. The highest content of gold is revealed in the loess and the loess type loams and in the humic horizons (arable and sub arable) of sierozems. His maximum contents have been revealed in accumulative landscapes.
Big variability of content of gold, arsenic, molybdenum, cadmium, lanthanum and samarium was characteristic for sierozems of the region.
11. Many mineral salts of potassium arc readily soluble, however owing to bigger a biophility it migrates more weakly than sodium. Potassium as it has been specified, owing to the bigger ionic size it is quickly taken by clays and by that provides a low migratory capability in soils and breeds. On chemical properties potassium almost analog of sodium in the biosphere its geochemistry is closer to magnesium and barium.
12. Rather high concentration of arsenic (but below CC) was characteristic for the humic and gley horizons. Nature of communication in arable soils between content of a humus and arsenic has been expressed poorly. Arsenic in soils and the soil formation breeds of the left coast was 25% more, than in soils and the soil formation breeds of the right coast that is obvious, can form the basis for allocation of the soil-geochemical arsenical province in the south of the Fergana valley.
The biogeochemical method allows, to reveal features of accumulating of mercury, arsenic, antimony and others in plants and to determine extent of biological accumulating taking into account the existing geochemical background and fertility level. Biogeochemical provinces, especially mcrcury-antimony-arscnic, shall be used carefully in agricultural production.
Provinces with excessive content of strontium were characteristic of the south of the valley, but they were not as dangerous as zones of an urovsky illness. It is connected with the high content of calcium in all landscapes of the Fergana valley.
13. A chemical composition of the plants which arc grown up in different ecological conditions (the province of enrichment and control - nonenriched), almost on all elements differed for benefit of the plants which arc grown up in an enrichment zone.
In mercury, arsenical, antimonies biogeochemical provinces it is not necessary to cultivate com, potatoes, tomatoes and some other types of the cultures possessing high coefficients of biological absorption.
14. The research and design-survey organizations, committee on nature conservation, graduates and researchers of higher educational institutions when carrying out monitoring researches can use results of the elemental compositions (Fe, Ba, Sc, Cr, Rb, Sb, Cs, Hf, La, Ce, Sm, Tb, Yb, Lu, Th, U) as a background for mountain and foothill soils of the Fergana valley. Besides, results of the elemental analysis and geochemical provinces arc recommended to be used when reading special courses to students and undergraduates of the biological-soil and ecological, agricultural directions.
15. For management of water and agriculture it is recommended to carry out placement of crops taking into account boric and other geochemical province where big crops arc yielded by sugar beet, sorghum and other cultures.
Use of results on the content of humus and nutrient elements, water-soluble salts in these soils is recommended to regional land registry offices in creating soil bonitet maps.