Quantifying and characterising organic carbon and microbes in newly developed soils following glacier retreat in northern latitudes

• Main Author: Akhmetkaliyeva, Saule
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Greenland; Tarfala; Vatnajökull; glacier; Ice cap; Iceland; Zackenberg
• Online Access: https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/631583/1/PhD_thesis_SauleAkhmetkaliyeva.pdf

Glacier retreat in northern latitudes expose nutrient rich glacial landscapes that may develop soils and ecosystems via accumulation of soil organic carbon (OC). Accumulation of soil derived OC was investigated in three contrasting glacial systems (Tarfala in Sweden, Vatnajökull ice cap in Iceland a...