Soils formation on 800-year age kurgan in the Moscow region
The soil of the Kurgan mound of 800 year age and the buried paleosoil were studied. Quantitative characteristics of physicochemical properties and activity indicators of microbial biomass were obtained for such an object: basal respiration, substrate-induced respiration, respiratory coefficient were calculated. Obtained characteristics of the soil, buried 100 years ago under a robbery pit, preserved on the surface of the mound structure. A comparison of the properties of the soil buried 100 years ago and 800 years ago in the zone of formation of gray forest soils of the middle zone of the Russian Federation was made.