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Physical properties of soils in Rostov agglomeration

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Physical properties of natural and anthropogenically transformed soils of Rostov agglomeration were examined. The data obtained by conventional methods and new approaches to the study of soil physical properties (in particular, tomographic study of soil monoliths) were used for comparing the soils of different functional zones of the urban area. For urban territories in the steppe zone, a comparison of humus-accumulative horizons (А, Asod, Ap, and buried [A] horizons) made it possible to trace tendencies of changes in surface soils under different anthropogenic impacts and in the buried and sealed soils. The microtomographic study demonstrated differences in the bulk density and aggregation of urban soils from different functional zones. The A horizon in the forest-park zone is characterized by good aggregation and high porosity, whereas buried humus-accumulative horizons of anthropogenically transformed soils are characterized by poor aggregation and low porosity. The traditional parameters of soil structure and texture also proved to be informative for the identification of urban pedogenesis.

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  1. Southern Federal University, ul. B. Sadovaya 105, Rostov-on-Don, 344006, Russia

    S. N. Gorbov, O. S. Bezuglova, S. S. Tagiverdiev & I. V. Morozov

  2. Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute, Pyzhevskii per. 7, str. 2, Moscow, 119017, Russia

    K. N. Abrosimov & E. B. Skvortsova

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Original Russian Text © S.N. Gorbov, O.S. Bezuglova, K.N. Abrosimov, E.B. Skvortsova, S.S. Tagiverdiev, I.V. Morozov, 2016, published in Pochvovedenie, 2016, No. 8, pp. 964–974.

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Gorbov, S.N., Bezuglova, O.S., Abrosimov, K.N. et al. Physical properties of soils in Rostov agglomeration. Eurasian Soil Sc. 49, 898–907 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106422931606003X

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