An Antroposol soil is a soil that is formed through the intervention of humans. This doesn’t include for agriculture purposes (e.g. tilling). Examples of this include urban garden soils or stockpiled soil form during construction.
Soils that are Antroposols, are classified in their sub-order based on the form of human intervention.
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Antroposols only have sub-orders as these soils have typically not been the center of soil research and therefore there isn’t alot of data or information on the soils to create more specific classification.
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