Soil investigations at Casey and Arctowski stations, supplement to: Bölter, Manfred; Blume, Hans-Peter; Erlenkeuser, Helmut (1995): Pedologic, isotopic and microbiological properties of Antarctic soils. Polarforschung, 64(1), 1-7

Soils from the maritime (Arctowski Station, King George Island) and coastal continental (Casey Station, Wilkes Land) Antarctic region are described with respect to pedology, isotopic and microbial environments. They are classified as leptosols, regosols, podzols, and histosols. Only surface layers (...

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Main Authors: Bölter, Manfred, Blume, Hans-Peter, Erlenkeuser, Helmut
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2011
Subjects:
Station
Arctowski_Meteo
Henryk Arctowski Polish Ant. Station
Antarctic
Arctowski
Arctowski Station
Casey Station
King George Island
Wilkes Land
Antarc*
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.767449
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.767449
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Summary:Soils from the maritime (Arctowski Station, King George Island) and coastal continental (Casey Station, Wilkes Land) Antarctic region are described with respect to pedology, isotopic and microbial environments. They are classified as leptosols, regosols, podzols, and histosols. Only surface layers (1-3 cm) contain sufficient organic material to provide a favourable environment for microbial communities and, further, for accumulations of organic matter. Variability of biological and chemical properties is high on a centimeter scale with depth and in the range of decimeters in horizontal scales.

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