Pedogenic Gradients for Iron and Aluminum Accumulation and Phosphorus Depletion in Arctic and Alpine Soils as a Function of Time and Climate

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Birkeland, Peter W., Burke, Raymond M., Benedict, James B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1989
• Subjects: Arctic; Baffin Island; New Zealand; Wind River; Baffin
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(89)90075-6; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:0033589489900756?httpAccept=text/xml; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:0033589489900756?httpAccept=text/plain; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400020056

Abstract Pedogenically significant chemical extracts of iron, aluminum, and phosphorus are related mainly to time in chronosequences from Baffin Island (Canadian Arctic), the alpine Sierra Nevada and Wind River Range (western United States), the alpine Khumbu Glacier area (Himalaya, Nepal), and the...