Soil characteristics on varying lithological substrates in the South Shetland Islands, maritime Antarctica

• Published in: Geoderma
• Main Authors: Navas Izquierdo, Ana, López Martínez, Jerónimo, Casas Sáinz de Aja, José, Machín Gayarre, Javier, Durán Valsero, Juan José, Serrano, Enrique, Cuchi Oterino, José Antonio, Mink Proeck, Sandra Martina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2008
• Subjects: Soils properties; Geochemistry; Permafrost; Byers Peninsula; Hurd Peninsula; South Shetland Islands; Antarctica; Livingston Island; Byers; Hurd; Byers peninsula; Hurd peninsula; Antarc*; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/5507; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2007.10.011

The final version is available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00167061 Soils in ice-free areas of Livingston Island have been forming since the last deglaciation in a maritime warmer climate that is more humid than in interior Antarctica. A soil survey was carried out on Byers and...