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Biogeochemical Engineering
Abstract—The article considers the possibility of transition from the fundamental ideas of V.I. Vernadsky to biogeochemical (BGCh) technologies. It...
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Properties of Urban Soils after Decontamination Measures on the Radioactively Contaminated Territory of the City of Elektrostal
AbstractWe studied the morphological properties, pH, organic carbon content, and specific activity of 137 Cs and natural radionuclides ( 40 K, 226 Ra, 232 ...
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Numerical modeling of seismic wave propagation in loosely deposited partially saturated sands: an application to a mine dump monitoring case
Extensive mine dumps consisting of loosely deposited sands have been created as a result of open-pit lignite mining, with a risk of soil liquefaction...
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Lands and Soils As Self-contained Components of the Environment: Issues of Assessment, Regulation, and Management (Review)
AbstractNo insight has been gained to date into distinguishing between functions of soils and lands in assessment, load rationing, and management of...
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Naturally Occurring and Artificial Geochemical Barriers in Landfills of Northwestern Russia
Data from landfills in Northwestern Russia, varying both in size and type of construction, show minimal pollution of the underlying groundwater and... -
Transformation of Kastanozems under Conditions of Urban Technopedogenesis within the City of Volgograd
AbstractThe features of anthropogenic transformation of natural chestnut soils and genesis of urban soils under the conditions of the dry-steppe...
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Content of Mobile Forms of Heavy Metals in Typical Chernozem of the Republic of Bashkortostan Contaminated by Crude Oil and Sodium Chloride in Conditions of a Field Experiment
AbstractThe study is concerned with the impact of petroleum pollution coupled with salinization of typical chernozem in a field experiment. It has...
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Physico-mechanical parameters of rock materials used in open pit reclamation – a case study of CTL Maczki-Bór S.A. mine in Poland
The aim of the research was to assess the variability of selected physical and mechanical properties of Carboniferous barren rocks in the Upper...
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Recent grain production boom in Russia in historical context
In recent years, Russia has established itself as the leading worldwide supplier of grain and continues to make ambitious plans for raising its grain...
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Hazardous exogenous geological processes in the mountains under the pressure of human activity: 15-year observations from a natural landscape to a large ski resort
Recent studies reveal an ongoing worldwide increase in a number of slope instability manifestations and their positive correlation with human...
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History, Current State, and Prospects of Development of Economic Assessment of Soils in Russia (Review)
AbstractA detailed review of the existing methods for the economic evaluation of soils in Russia has been carried out. It is shown that the...
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Protection and Monitoring of Inanimate Nature in the Actions of Landscape Parks — the Example of Poland (EU)
The paper presents the legal protection status in the areas of landscape parks in Poland, whose current number is 126. The structure and...
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Influence of Land Use on the Physical Properties of Chernozems in the Forest-Steppe Zone of Western Siberia
AbstractThe land use type and agricultural practices significantly affect the aggregate state and many physical properties of soils. In this study,...
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Morphodynamics and heavy metal accumulation in an artificially built near-natural river (Inde, Germany)
Heavy metals in riverine sediments threaten fluvial ecosystems worldwide. Sediment cascades transporting the compounds downstream lead to pollution...
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Main Areas of Scientific Research at the Department of Soil Erosion and Conservation: Current State and Prospects of Development
AbstractThe Department of Soil Erosion and Conservation has developed the following main scientific areas: “Assessment of Erosion Processes in Soils...
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A Soil Biodiagnostics Methodology and Features of Some Bioindication and Biotesting Methods (Review)
AbstractThe methodology for biodiagnostics of the ecological state of soils and other environmental objects involves the use of two approaches:...
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Expert Forensic Environmental and Soil Investigation in the Administration of Justice
AbstractThis paper analyses the problems of identifying the factual circumstances of environmental disruptions of soils, presents examples from...
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Urban Soils of One of the Districts of New Moscow as Sources of Methane and Carbon Dioxide Fluxes to the Atmosphere
AbstractThe regularities and factors of methane and carbon dioxide emission from soils were investigated in the settlement of Kommunarka (New Moscow)...
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Radioecological Status of the Soil Cover of New Moscow
AbstractResearch data on the content of radionuclides in the near-surface soil layer (up to 10-cm-thick) of the territory of New Moscow, which was a...
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Microorganisms of the Technogenic Landscapes: The Case of Nepheline-Containing Sands, the Murmansk Region
The investigation of microbiological characteristics has been carried out in the sands of different storage duration in the tailing dumps of the...