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Protecting soils against degradation

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Negative anthropogenic interference with the soil water regime is considered. The respective contributions of water-facilities construction; misguided practices of soil drainage, land improvement, or cultivation; and road construction are discussed. The causes, manifestations, and preventive measures are described for each form of soil degradation.

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Original Russian Text © F.R. Zaidel’man, 2008, published in Vestnik Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, 2008, Vol. 78, No. 8, pp. 693–703.

Feliks Ruvimovich Zaidel’man, Dr. Sci. (Agr.), is a professor in the Department of Soil Physics and Melioration, Soil Science Faculty, Moscow State University.

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Zaidel’man, F.R. Protecting soils against degradation. Her. Russ. Acad. Sci. 78, 362–369 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1019331608040060

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