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The soils forming on the overgrowing technogenic dumps of quarries for limestone and clay production were investigated in the northern taiga (the Ukhta region). The soils are formed under sparse herbaceous plant communities. In the soils on calcareous technogenic eluvium and clay dumps, the processes of humus formation and accumulation predominate. In the soils of the clay dumps, the leaching of carbonates is expressed to a greater extent than in the soils of the limestone quarries. The nitrogen content of organic matter is low in the soils on the technogenic lime substrates and very low on the clay ones. Fulvic acids predominate in the humus composition. At the stages of the soil restoration studied, the zonal trend of pedogenesis is manifested only in the humus accumulation. The calcareous technogenic eluvium is found to be more favorable for the development of microbial communities as compared to the clay substrates with their small microbial biomass. However, there are no features pointing to the development of zonal soil profiles. This fact attests that, in the first 20–30 years, the soil-forming potential in the northern taiga is insufficient for the initiation of the zonal processes.
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Original Russian Text © E.V. Abakumov, E.I. Maksimova, A.V. Lagoda, E.M. Koptseva, 2011, published in Pochvovedenie, 2011, No. 4, pp. 417–423.
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Abakumov, E.V., Maksimova, E.I., Lagoda, A.V. et al. Soil formation in the quarries for limestone and clay production in the Ukhta region. Eurasian Soil Sc. 44, 380–385 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229311040028
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