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About 40 anthropogenic soils and soils altered by stagnant water were presented during an excursion through Germany. The discussion during this tour aimed mainly at the definitions of the WRB (World Reference Base for Soil Resources) soil groups Technosols and Stagnosols.
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Lehmann, A., Schad, P. WRB-Excursion on Technosols and Stagnosols through Germany in August 2007. J Soils Sediments 7, 426–430 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1065/jss2007.11.260
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