Krakow'da kumlu toprakların keşfi: Pleıstosen teraslardan antroposen bahçelere

This thesis discusses the characteristics of sandy soils in Kraków, focusing on their particle size distribution, texture, and classification mainly based on World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB). The study reveals that soils in less anthropized areas are more homogeneous in particle size distribution and tend to have sandy textures. In contrast, soils in clearly anthropized regions have higher silt content. The correlation between sand content and various soil properties shows negative correlations with artefacts and anthropopressure, and positive correlations with brightness, chroma, lamellae, and slight podzolization processes. The pH values are higher in anthropized soils with artefacts, suggesting physicochemical changes due to human activity. The research also highlights the role of parent material, sand distribution, and various pedogenetic processes detected in the study area. The soils are classified as Anthrosols, Phaeozems, Umbrisols, Cambisols, and Arenosols based on the WRB (2022). The specific characteristics and classification of each soil profile are described, considering factors such as organic matter accumulation, slight podsolization, and human disturbance. Furthermore, the addition of aeolian materials was found to have a significant impact on the soil-forming processes in Kraków