Abstract
Data on the fractional and group composition of humus in urban soils of Rostov-on-Don are discussed. We have compared the humus profiles of chernozems under tree plantations and those buried under anthropogenic deposits (including sealed chernozems under asphalt). It is shown that the type of humus in these soils remains stable despite a decrease in its total content after the long-term burial under asphalt. Under the impact of the trees, the organic matter of the chernozems acquired some features typical of gray forest soils, i.e., the humate-fulvate type of humus in the humus horizon and the sharp drop in the humus content down the soil profile.
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Original Russian Text © S.N. Gorbov, O.S. Bezuglova, 2014, published in Pochvovedenie, 2014, No. 8, pp. 953–962.
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Gorbov, S.N., Bezuglova, O.S. Specific features of organic matter in urban soils of Rostov-on-Don. Eurasian Soil Sc. 47, 792–800 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229314080043
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