ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 2.0"> <title>Akhzar</title> </head> <body background="Gray_Weave10A5.gif" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <p align="center"><img src="Akhzar01.jpg"></p> <p align="center"><font size="6">Akhzar - &quot;Akadama&quot; </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3">Mixed Media & Oil on Canvas 24"x24" - Price: Upon Request</font></p>Akadama the name of which comes from the Japanese words for red and ball, is a naturally occurring, granular clay like mineral that is used as soil for bonsai trees and other container-grown plants. It is surface mined, immediately sifted and bagged, and supplied in various grades: the deeper mined grade being somewhat harder and more useful in horticulture than the more shallow mined grades. Akadama may also act as one component of growing medium when combined with other elements such as sand, composted bark, peat, or crushed lava. Akadama s colour darkens when moist which can help the grower determine when to water a tree.</p> <p align="center"><img src="Akhzar02.jpg"></p> <p align="center"><font size="6">Akhzar - &quot;Chernozem&quot; </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3">Mixed Media & Oil on Canvas 24"x24" - Price: Upon Request</font></p>Chernozem, or Black Earth (from Russian G5@=>7Q<, black soil) is a black-coloured soil containing a very high percentage of humus  3% to 15%, and high percentages of phosphoric acids, phosphorus and ammonia. Chernozem is very fertile and produces a high agricultural yield. There are two "Chernozem belts" in the world: from Northeast Ukraine across the Black Earth Region and Southern Russia into Siberia, and in the Canadian Prairies. Similar soil types occur in Texas. It has a large depth, often more than 40 inches and up to 250 inches (6 metres) in Ukraine. Chernozemic soils are a soil type in the Canadian system of soil classification and the United Nations' FAO soil classification.</p> <p align="center"><img src="Akhzar03.jpg"></p> <p align="center"><font size="6">Akhzar - &quot;Entisol&quot; </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3">Mixed Media & Oil on Canvas 48"x60" - Price: Upon Request</font></p>In USA soil taxonomy, Entisols are defined as soils that do not show any profile development. An Entisol has no diagnostic horizons, and most are basically unaltered from their parent rock. In Australia, most Entisols are known as Rudosols or Tenosols, whilst Arents are known as Anthroposols. In the FAO soil classification, because of the diversity of their properties, suborders of Entisols form individual soil orders (eg. Fluvisols, Lithosols).</p> <p align="center"><img src="Akhzar04.jpg"></p> <p align="center"><font size="6">Akhzar - &quot;Hilo&quot; </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3">Mixed Media & Oil on Canvas 24"x36" - Price: Upon Request</font></p>Hilo soil is the official state soil of the state of Hawaii. These soils cover about 14,500 acres and are considered prime agricultural land. The Hawaiian definition of the word  Hilo is  first night of the full moon. Also, the word is the Polynesian term for  Navigator. The Hilo soil series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils that formed in many layers of volcanic ash with lesser amounts of dust from the deserts of central Asia. These dust layers are noticeable because their gray color contrasts with the dark brown and dark reddish brown subsoil formed in volcanic ash. There are several buried layers within the Hilo soil profile. Hilo soils occur on the uplands of the Mauna Kea volcano along the Hamakua Coast.</p> <p align="center"><img src="Akhzar05.jpg"></p> <p align="center"><font size="6">Akhzar - &quot;Houdek&quot; </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3">Mixed Media & Oil on Canvas 24"x24" - Price: Upon Request</font></p>Houdek is a type of soil composed of glacial till and decomposed organic matter. It is found only in the U.S. state of South Dakota where it is the state soil. Houdek topsoil is composed of weathered glacial till and 2% to 4% organic matter which gives it a deep, dark color. The subsoil consists of layers of clay and lime accumulations that were carried downward from the surface by water. Below these layers is the parent material of glacial till.</p> <p align="center"><img src="Akhzar06.jpg"></p> <p align="center"><font size="6">Akhzar - &quot;Hume&quot; </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3">Mixed Media & Oil on Canvas 48"x48" - Price: Upon Request</font></p>Hume is a soil type that is well drained and slowly permeable. Hume is formed from the erosion of shale and sandstone. Hume soils occur naturally on slopes and alluvial fans.</p> <p align="center"><img src="Akhzar07.jpg"></p> <p align="center"><font size="6">Akhzar - &quot;Loam&quot; </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3"> Mixed Media & Oil on Canvas 36"x24" - Price: Upon Request</font></p>Loam is a soil of sand, silt, and clay in relatively even concentration (about 40-40-20% concentration respectively), considered ideal for gardening and agricultural uses. Loam soils generally contain more nutrients and humus than sandy soils, have better infiltration and drainage than silty soils, and are easier to till than clayey soils. Loams are gritty, plastic when moist, and retain water easily. In addition to the term loam, different names are given to soils with slightly different proportions of sand, silt, and clay: sandy loam, silty loam, clay loam, sandy clay loam, silty clay loam, and loam. A "loamy" soil feels mellow and is easy to work over a wide range of moisture conditions. A soil dominated by one or two of the three particle size groups can behave like loam if it has a strong granular structure (promoted by a high content of organic matter). However, a soil that meets the textural definition of loam can lose its characteristic desirable qualities when compacted, depleted of organic matter, or has dispersive clay in its fine-earth fraction. Loam soil is ideal for growing crops because it retains nutrients well and retains water while still allowing the water to flow freely. This soil is found in a majority of successful farms in regions around the world known for their fertile land.</p> <p align="center"><img src="Akhzar08.jpg"></p> <p align="center"><font size="6">Akhzar - &quot;Orovada&quot; </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3">Mixed Media & Oil on Canvas 48"x60 - Price: Upon Request</font></p>Orovada series soils are extensive in northern Nevada, where they have an extent of more than 360,000,000 acres (1,500,000 km²). They are common soils on semiarid rangeland with sagebrush-grass plant communities. Orovada soils are arable (able to be cultivated) when irrigated and are considered prime farmland.[citation needed] Alfalfa for hay and seed, winter wheat and barley, and grass for hay and pasture are the principal crops grown on these soils. Orovada soils are well drained and formed in alluvium derived from mixed rock sources and in loess and volcanic ash. These soils typically occur in the Great Basin section of the Basin and Range physiographic province.</p> <p align="center"><img src="Akhzar09.jpg"></p> <p align="center"><font size="6">Akhzar - &quot;Podsol&quot; </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3"> Mixed Media & Oil on Canvas 36"x36" - Price: Upon Request</font></p>In soil science, Podsol (also spelled Podzol, or known as Spodosol) are the typical soils of coniferous, or Boreal forests. They are also the typical soils of eucalypt forests and heathlands in southern Australia. The name is Russian for "under ash" (?>4/pod=under, 7>;0/zola=ash) and likely refers to the common experience of Russian peasants of plowing up an apparent under-layer of ash (leached or E horizon) during first plowing of a virgin soil of this type. These soils are found in areas that are wet and cold (for example in Northern Ontario or Russia) and also in warm areas such as Florida where sandy soils have fluctuating water tables (humic variant of the northern podzol or Humod).</p> <p align="center"><img src="Akhzar10.jpg"></p> <p align="center"><font size="6">Akhzar - &quot;Seitz&quot; </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3"> Mixed Media & Oil on Canvas 48"x48" - Price: Upon Request</font></p>The Wigner-Seitz cell (named after E. P. Wigner and Frederick Seitz) is a geometrical construction which helps in the study of crystalline material in solid-state physics. The unique property of a crystal is that its atoms are arranged in a regular, 3-dimensional array, which is called a lattice. All the properties attributed to crystalline materials stem from this highly ordered structure. Such a structure exhibits discrete translational symmetry. In order to model and study such a periodic system, one needs a mathematical "handle" to describe the symmetry and hence draw conclusions about the consequences of this symmetry. The Wigner-Seitz cell is a means to achieve this.</p> <p align="center"><img src="Akhzar11.jpg"></p> <p align="center"><font size="6">Akhzar - &quot;Solonetz&quot; </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3">Mixed Media & Oil on Canvas 60"x48 - Price: Upon Request</font></p>Solonetz soils are defined by an accumulation of sodium salts and readily displaceable sodium ions bound to soil particles in a layer below the surface horizon (uppermost layer). This subsurface layer also contains a significant amount of accumulated clay.</font></p> <p align="center"><img src="Akhzar12.jpg"></p> <p align="center"><font size="6">Akhzar - &quot;Tanana&quot; </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3"> Mixed Media & Oil on Canvas 60"x48" - Price: Upon Request</font></p>Surficial geologic map of the Tanana B-1 Quadrangle, Central Alaska. The Tanana River is a tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Its headwaters are on the north slope of the Wrangell Mountains in southeast Alaska. It flows in a northeast direction, and then turns to the northwest near the border with the Yukon Territory, and flows laterally along the northern slope of the Alaska Range, roughly paralleled by the Alaska Highway. In central Alaska, it emerges into a lowland marsh region known as the Tanana Valley and passes to the south of the city of Fairbanks and past the village of Ester. In the marsh regions it is joined by several large tributaries, including the Nenana (near the city of Nenana) and the Kantishna. It empties into the Yukon approximately 70 miles (110 km) downriver from the village of Manley Hot Springs, near the town of Tanana. The date when the ice breaks on the Tanana River, an event that commemorates both the start of spring in Alaska, as well as transportation in Alaska before paved roads, trains, and planes, is the point of the Nenana Ice Classic, a guessing game held in Nenana. During the history of the Ice Classic, the earliest calendar date the ice broke was April 20 in both 1940 and 1998; the latest date was May 20, 1964. The last prize awarded as of January 2005 was $300,000.</font></p> <p align="center"><img src="Akhzar13.jpg"></p> <p align="center"><font size="6">Akhzar - &quot;Tifton&quot; </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3"> Mixed Media & Oil on Canvas 60"x48" - Price: Upon Request</font></p>Tifton - A city in George, University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences</font></p> <p align="center"><img src="Akhzar14.jpg"></p> <p align="center"><font size="6">Akhzar - &quot;Yedoma&quot; </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3"> Mixed Media & Oil on Canvas 48"x60" - Price: Upon Request</font></p>Yedoma is an organic-rich (about 2% carbon by mass) Pleistocene-age loess permafrost with ice content of 50 90% by volume[1]. The amount of carbon trapped in this type of permafrost is much more prevalent than originally thought and may be about 500 GT, that is almost 100 times the amount of carbon released into the air each year by the burning of fossil fuels [2]. Melting yedoma is a significant source of atmospheric methane (about 4 Tg of CH4 per year).</p> <body background="Gray_Weave10A5.gif" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> - <p align="center"><font size="3"></font>&nbsp;</p> <p align="center"><a href="mailto:Sandy@tahgallery.com"><font size="4">Sandy@tahgallery.com</font></a></p> </body> </html>