GLINKA Konstantin

(b. 1867). He graduated from the course at St. Petersburg University. He was a professor of soil science in Novo-Alexandria Institute of Agriculture and Forestry. Since 1908. in charge of soil research in the Asian part of Russia, organized the Resettlement Department, and was editor of the Proceedings of the soil expeditions in the Asian Russia ". Major works: "On the question of forest soils" ( "Materials for the Study of Russian Soils, No.. V, 1889); "steppe afforestation in connection with the question of why the settlement of the Russian steppes mainly herbaceous vegetation (" Materials for the Study of Russian Soils, No.. VII, . 1893), "A new twin intergrowth with plaster" ( "Proceedings of the St. Petersburg Society of Natural History", . 1894), "The new field piromorfita" (ib., . 1895); "Analcime from the environs of Baku" ( "Proceedings of the Warsaw Society of Natural History", . 1895); "Glauconite, . its origin, . chemical composition and character of weathering "(1896, . Master's thesis); "Zur Frage uber die Aluminiumsilicate und Thone" ( "Zeitschr,
. f. Kryst. ", 1899, t. 32), "Research in weathering processes (1906)," Soil Science "(1908)," Summary of data on the soils of the Far East "(1909)," On the soils of Turkestan "(1910)," On the so-called brown earth "(1910)," On the difference between podzolic and bog types of weathering "(1911).,