Mechanization in agriculture & Conserving of the resources
Vol. 69 (2025), Issue 2, pg(s) 54-56

CONSERVING OF THE RESOURCES

Technology for reclamation of explosion craters

  • 1 National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • 2 National Scientific Centre “Institute of Agriculture NAAS”, Kyiv Region, Chabany village, Ukraine

Abstract

The article studies and analyzes the impact of armed aggression and hostilities on soil cover, in particular, damage and destruction of fertile soil as a result of the detonation of various explosives (missiles, bombs, artillery shells, etc.). It has been established that as a result of rocket and artillery shelling, the fields are covered with craters from the explosions of shells, mines, and rockets. The craters are of different diameters and depths. The soil remaining at the impact site is turbulized, subject to dynamic compaction, and contains numerous metal fragments with residues of explosive toxic substances, which means that the physical properties of the soil deteriorate, the particle size distribution changes, and the soil is compacted and disintegrated due to a decrease in the content of agronomically valuable fractions, etc. Based on research on the impact of military operations on agricultural soils, the following technology for reclamation of explosion craters was developed.

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