Soils and cultural layers in Velikii Novgorod

Autor:	Andrey Dolgikh, A. L. Aleksandrovskii
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	chemistry.chemical_classification Soil organic matter Geochemistry Soil Science Soil classification Soil science engineering.material Eluvium Soil contamination chemistry Soil water engineering Organic matter Vivianite Geology Earth-Surface Processes Lime
Zdroj:	Eurasian Soil Science. 43:477-487
ISSN:	1556-195X 1064-2293
Popis:	Urban pedosediments (cultural layers) dating back to the 10th–11th centuries AD and soddypodzolic soils buried under them were studied in two archaeological excavations in Velikii Novgorod. Stages of their development were described. It was found that the buried soddy-podzolic soils at the latest stages of their development were cultivated or were formed under meadow vegetation. Weakly developed garden soils were described in the thickness of urban pedosediments. The lowermost organic cultural layers in Velikii Novgorod were waterlogged and represented peatlike mass with well-preserved wood remains. The oxidation of organic matter, gleyzation, and vivianite formation were described in them. The upper mineral layers were enriched in brick debris and building lime. The processes of organic matter mineralization, alkalization, calcification, zoogenic turbation, and biogenic structuring were clearly manifested in this part. Soil solutions infiltrated from the cultural layers caused some alkalization of the buried soddy-podzolic soil. Diagenetic carbonates and vivianite appeared in some loci within the eluvial and the upper part of the illuvial horizon of this soil. The entire cultural layer was subjected to contamination with heavy metals.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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