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Anthropogenic Materials as Bedrock of Urban Technosols

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Urbanization: Challenge and Opportunity for Soil Functions and Ecosystem Services (SUITMA 2017)

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Technogenic materials are common in SUITMA’s and may cause significant changes in the properties of soils covering urban areas. Investigations showing the diversification of properties of these materials to consider their role as a bedrock of Technosols are of interest of soil scientists and urban planners. The research was carried out in Zielona Gora urban area (western Poland). The technogenic materials were collected from anthropogenic deposits building layers 0–20(40) cm of the urban Technosols. A high content of technogenic materials deposited in urban Technosols is frequently occurred and expected situation. Many of the analysed materials have a high chemical reactivity, which can induce significant changes in the properties of urban soils, mainly in terms of pH, the content of CaCO3, carbon and EC. Some materials like slags, ashes and sewage sludges contain significant quantities of Cd, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb and Zn. The diversification of artefacts should be reflected in the soil classification system, especially when boundary conditions are specified for inclusion of soils into the Technosol group.

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  1. University of Zielona Gora, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Department of Geoengineering and Reclamation, 15 Prof. Szafrana St., 65-516, Zielona Gora, Poland

    Andrzej Greinert & Jakub Kostecki

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  1. RUDN University, Moscow, c.Moscow, Russia

    Viacheslav Vasenev

  2. RUDN University, Moscow, c.Moscow, Russia

    Elvira Dovletyarova

  3. City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York, USA

    Zhongqi Cheng

  4. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, c.Moscow, Russia

    Tatiana V. Prokof’eva

  5. Université de Lorraine , Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France

    Jean Louis Morel

  6. Institute of Physico-Chemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, c.Moscow, Russia

    Nadezhda D. Ananyeva

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Greinert, A., Kostecki, J. (2019). Anthropogenic Materials as Bedrock of Urban Technosols. In: Vasenev, V., Dovletyarova, E., Cheng, Z., Prokof’eva, T., Morel, J., Ananyeva, N. (eds) Urbanization: Challenge and Opportunity for Soil Functions and Ecosystem Services. SUITMA 2017. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89602-1_3

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