Relict Soils and Early Arable Land Management in Lofoten, Norway

• Main Authors: Ian Simpson And, Ian A. Simpson, Robert G. Bryant, Unn Tveraabak
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1998
• Subjects: Lofoten; Norway; Northern Norway
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.15.9023; http://www.shef.ac.uk/~bryant/papers/JAS1998.pdf

this paper these principles are extended to northern Norway for the first time. The primary objectives of the research presented here are therefore to identify and characterize the properties of relict 1185 0305--4403/98/121185+14 $30.00/0 ? 1998 Academic Press arable soils in the Lofoten archipelago (Figure 1) and to interpret these properties in terms of land management practices that include tillage and manuring. These objectives are achieved through combining field survey of soils with the application of conventional soil thin section micromorphology description supported by image analysis. The paper concludes by setting the interpretations made in a wider historical context