Soils of technogenic landscapes in the Far East: The Luchegorsk and Pavlovsk coal strip mines

Soils and vegetation developed on dump rock of coal strip mines located in different hydrothermic provinces of the Primorskii region have been studied. The formation of phytocenoses on dump rocks proceeds in several consecutive stages, during which the species diversity of vegetation and the total pool of vegetative organic matter regularly increase. This results in a progressive development of humus accumulation. In turn, it leads to the morphological, chemical, and physicochemical differentiation of the soil profiles. General and specific features of pedogenesis in the studied areas are described.