Search results for "Technosols"

You are earth, you feed on earth and you’ll return to earth

2007

Studies of technogenic soils in Poland: past, present, and future perspectives

2020

Gleby występujące na obszarach silnie przekształconych przez człowieka były przez długi czas ignorowane w dyskursie naukowym. Również gospodarcze wykorzystanie tych gleb było ogra-niczone ze względu na ich nieproduktywność. Jedynie duże tereny pogórnicze zrekultywowane w kierunku leśnym lub rolnym były bardziej interesujące zarówno z punktu widzenia badańnaukowych, jak i ich praktycznego wykorzystania. W przypadku terenów pogórniczych termin „teren bezglebowy” był używany przez długi czas, zwłaszcza w odniesieniu do terenów nie rekul-tywowanych. W artykule opisano historyczne badania gleb technogenicznych w Polsce (opubli-kowane do końca XX wieku). Gleby technogeniczne terenów miejskich i p…

Anthropogenic soils as the marker

2017

This article aims to support the Anthropogenic soils, the ones markedly affected by human activities, as the most meaningful marker for the onset of the Anthropocene. Although diachronous and not uniformly distributed throughout the world, these soils in fact show more prominently and potentially longer in time than other proposed markers for the impact of humans on the Earth surface.

DRIFTS Sensor: Soil Carbon Validation at Large Scale (Pantelleria, Italy)

2013

A fast and accurate measurement of soil carbon is needed in current scientific issues. Today there are many sensors suitable for these purposes, but choosing the appropriate sensor depends on the spatial scale at which the studies are conducted. There are few detailed studies that validate these types of measures allowing their immediate use. Here it is validated the quick use of a sensor in execution at Pantelleria, chosen for size, use and variability of the parameter measured, to give an operational tool for carbon stocks studies. The DRIFT sensor used here has been validated in the first 60 cm of the soil of the whole island, and it has shown predictivity higher than 90%.

Caractérisation des communautés microbiennes dans les technosols construits pour la restauration des friches industrielles

2012

Increasing soil degradation and its consequences on overall ecosystem services urge for restoration strategies. Construction of Technosols through assemblage of treated soil and industrial wastes is an innovative technology for the restoration of polluted land and re-use of industrial by-products. Recent studies have evidenced that Technosols could support ecosystemic services such as primary production but the knowledge about other soil functions, such as biogeochemical cycling, is limited. Due to the significant contribution of microbial communities to soil functioning, this PhD work was carried out to study the effect of the type of Technosol on microbial communities with a focus on func…

In situ remediation of polluted Spolic Technosols using Ca(OH)2 and smectitic marlstone

2014

Technosols are soils developed on non-traditional substrates and containing large quantities of materials mostly due to intensive human industrial activity, such as artefacts. The increasing number of sites affected by Technosols and their impact on the environment as growing media for plants or as source of pollutants require an understanding of their functioning and evolution, above all the knowledge on the transport of toxic substances from contaminated technogenic soils to groundwater. A case study on properties, remediation and evaluation of Technosols made up by vitrified fly ash and glass–ceramics in Italy was carried out. Original technogenic soils, classified as Spolic Technosols (…

Anthropogenic soils: general aspects and features

2015

In recent decades man's role in soil formation has become a matter of great concern among soil scientists. Man is now considered a soil-forming factor and anthrosolization is recognised as a soil-forming process that consists of a collection of geomorphic and pedological processes resulting from human activities. These human activities include deep working, intensive fertilization, the addition of extraneous materials, irrigation with sediment-rich waters and wet cultivation. In this paper we review the influence of man as a soil forming factor stressing also some peculiar aspects linked to their classification.