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Classification of Moscow soils and parent materials and its possible inclusion in the classification system of Russian soils

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The Law on Urban Soils was adopted by the Moscow Government in 2007. In the course of working out by-laws for its implementation, the systematization of Moscow soils was developed aimed at providing scientific grounds for the urban soils’ inventory, mapping, and evaluation. The classification of Moscow soils comprises a description of the diagnostic horizons and soil types with the subtype subdivision fitting the principles of the new All-Russia soil classification. The authors hope that the developed system may trigger new discussions about the place of anthropogenically transformed soils and soil-like bodies in the Classification and Diagnostics of the Soils of Russia.

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Original Russian Text © T.V. Prokofyeva, I.A. Martynenko, F.A. Ivannikov, 2011, published in Pochvovedenie, 2011, No. 5, pp. 611–623.

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Prokofyeva, T.V., Martynenko, I.A. & Ivannikov, F.A. Classification of Moscow soils and parent materials and its possible inclusion in the classification system of Russian soils. Eurasian Soil Sc. 44, 561–571 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229311050127

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