Soil investigations at Casey and Arctowski stations

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bölter, Manfred, Blume, Hans-Peter, Erlenkeuser, Helmut
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2011
Subjects:
Arctowski_Meteo
Arctowski-Station
Casey_Station
Henryk Arctowski Polish Ant. Station
King George Island
Antarctic Peninsula
Long-term meteorological data
STAT
Station
Vincennes Bay
Antarctica
Antarctic
Wilkes Land
Casey Station
Arctowski
Arctowski Station
Antarc*
Polarforschung
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.767449
https://doi.org/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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