Geology, geography and global energy

Scientific and Technical Journal

Modern dissemination of anthropogenic deeply transformed soils in the city of Astrakhan

2015. №3, pp. 42-49

Sintsov Aleksandr V. - C.Sc. in Geography Senior Lecturer, Astrakhan State University, 1 Shaumyan sq., Astrakhan, 414000, Russian Federation, limsav@yandex.ru

Barmin Aleksandr N. - D.Sc. in Geography Professor, Astrakhan State University, 1 Shaumyan sq., Astrakhan, 414000, Russian Federation, abarmin60@mail.ru

Kolchin Yevgeniy A. - C.Sc. in Geography Assiociate Professor, Astrakhan State University, 1 Shaumyan sq., Astrakhan, 414000, Russian Federation, eakol4in@rambler.ru

Modern urban ecosystem, represents a anthropogenically transformed the environment in which the soil cover is formed with a significant participation of processes of anthropogenic origin. Soils urban settlement in origin divided into natural and created by human activity. The natural soils in the city are located on the outskirts of urban land, as well as meet in the parks of cultural and historical significance. Soil cover, created under the influence of anthropogenic processes, significantly different from the naturally occurring soil. Anthropogenic profoundly transformed soils, are found in all functional districts of the city, and their properties and characteristics depend on the conditions (anthropogenic activities) in which their formation occurred. In the following presentation of the material article describes the soil created by human activities in the city of Astrakhan, their territorial dissemination in all the administrative districts of the city.

Key words: урбосистема, почва, город, урбанозём, антропогенное воздействие, городской почвенный покров, урбанизация, городская экосистема, антропогенная деятельность, urbosystem, soil, city, urbanozem, anthropogenic influence, urban soil cover, urbanization, urban e

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