Soils of the Gunnarsholt experimental plantation

• Main Authors: Ian B. Strachan, Bjarni D. Sigurdsson, Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir, Gillian Novoselac
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Jarðvegur í aspartilrauninni í Gunnarsholti; Gunnarsholt; Hekla
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.557.2282; http://www.landbunadur.is/landbunadur/wgsamvef.nsf/8bbba2777ac88c4000256a89000a2ddb/00060aaaa712830b00256de2004a9fe2/$FILE/xxgr-bu12-ian%26oa.PDF

Soil physical and chemical properties were studied for a newly established plantation forest. The soil classifies as an Andisol as it exists in a region prone to periodic volcanic and aeolian deposition. In this paper, two pedons are described. Soil texture is predominantly silty loam with weak stru...