Soils of Some Norse Settlements in Southwestern Greenland

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Rutherford, G.K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1995
• Subjects: Agriculture; Chemical properties; Human migration; Norse in Greenland; Soil profiles; Soil pH; Soils; Qaqortoq region; Greenland; Tunulliarfik Fjord region; Narsarsuaq region; Igaliku region; Arctic; Igaliku; Qaqortoq; Arctique*; Groenland; Narsarsuaq
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64309

Soils of some former Norse settlements in southwestern Greenland were investigated and found to have well-developed, brightly coloured soil profiles in spite of the high latitude. The soils are generally acidic, sandy, strongly organic and high in exchange cations. Iron extraction data suggest a mod...