The Soils of Antarctica

This book divides Antarctica into eight ice-free regions and provides information on the soils of each region. Soils have been studied in Antarctica for nearly 100 years. Although only 0.35% (45,000 km2) of Antarctica is ice-free, its weathered, unconsolidated material qualify as “soils.” Soils of A...

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Main Author: Bockheim, James G
Language:English
Published: Springer International Publishing 2015
Subjects:
SOIL CONSERVATION
Physical geography
Geology
Environmental sciences
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S622-627
Antarc*
Antarctica
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05497-1
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spelling ftunistlouisbrus:oai:dial.uclouvain.be:ebook:63285 2023-05-15T13:51:13+02:00 The Soils of Antarctica Bockheim, James G 2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2078/ebook:63285 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05497-1 eng eng Springer International Publishing ebook:63285 http://hdl.handle.net/2078/ebook:63285 doi:10.1007/978-3-319-05497-1 urn:ISBN:9783319054971 SOIL CONSERVATION Physical geography Geology Environmental sciences QH541.5.S6 S622-627 2015 ftunistlouisbrus https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05497-1 2017-10-25T22:22:21Z This book divides Antarctica into eight ice-free regions and provides information on the soils of each region. Soils have been studied in Antarctica for nearly 100 years. Although only 0.35% (45,000 km2) of Antarctica is ice-free, its weathered, unconsolidated material qualify as “soils.” Soils of Antarctica is richly illustrated with nearly 150 images and provisional maps are provided for several key ice-free areas. Other/Unknown Material Antarc* Antarctica DIAL@USL-B (Université Saint-Louis, Bruxelles)
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Physical geography
Geology
Environmental sciences
QH541.5.S6
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Physical geography
Geology
Environmental sciences
QH541.5.S6
S622-627
Bockheim, James G
The Soils of Antarctica
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Physical geography
Geology
Environmental sciences
QH541.5.S6
S622-627
description This book divides Antarctica into eight ice-free regions and provides information on the soils of each region. Soils have been studied in Antarctica for nearly 100 years. Although only 0.35% (45,000 km2) of Antarctica is ice-free, its weathered, unconsolidated material qualify as “soils.” Soils of Antarctica is richly illustrated with nearly 150 images and provisional maps are provided for several key ice-free areas.
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title The Soils of Antarctica
title_short The Soils of Antarctica
title_full The Soils of Antarctica
title_fullStr The Soils of Antarctica
title_full_unstemmed The Soils of Antarctica
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Antarctica
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