Among the clay-illuviated soils, dominant in the loess belt in southern Poland, islands of
chernozemic soils are distinguished by their spectacular agricultural productivity. However …

Lipid biomarkers are increasingly used to reconstruct past environmental and climate
conditions. Leaf-wax-derived long-chain n-alkanes and n-alkanoic acids may have great …

Water erosion, accelerated in sloped landscapes by intense cultivation (ploughing), can
rapidly degrade humus-rich topsoil horizons of chernozemic soils, leading to an irreversible …

During the second half of the Holocene, the Russian Plain experienced several climatic
oscillations giving rise to changing vegetation patterns. The spatial variability of vegetation …

The unfavourable environmental conditions to Chernozem development in Central Europe
has led to questions regarding their origin and age, and conditions necessary for …

The Carpathian Basin represents the cradle of human agricultural development during the
Neolithic period, when large parts were transformed into 'cultural landscapes' by first farmers …

The loess hilly lands of the South-West Foreland of the West Carpathians are characterized
by favorable climatic conditions, smooth topography, fertile soils and a long settlement …

Diverse chernozemic soils featured by thick mollic horizon, rich in humus, dark-coloured,
structural, and saturated with base cations are relatively common in the loess-belt of SW …

Spectroscopic methods combined with statistics have recently gathered substantial interest
in pedological studies. Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy has been utilized, for example, for …

Soils buried under five defensive ramparts of the Early Iron and Middle Ages were studied in
the forest-steppe zone of the Russian Plain (Lipetsk region, Russia). The time of the burial …