Influence of prokaryotic microorganisms on initial soil formation along a glacier forefield on King George Island, maritime Antarctica

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Krauze, P., Wagner, D., Yang, S., Spinola, D., Kühn, P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Ecology Glacier; King George Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5006949; https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5006949_1/component/file_5007138/5006949.pdf

Compared to the 1970s, the edge of the Ecology Glacier on King George Island, maritime Antarctica, is positioned more than 500 m inwards, exposing a large area of new terrain to soil-forming processes and periglacial climate for more than 40 years. To gain information on the state of soil formation...