Concepts of Soil Formation and Classification in Arctic Regions
Discusses, on basis of studies in northern Alaska, soil forming processes in arctic regions and considers the relation between vegetation and soils and problems of classification and mapping. Tundra soils are poorly drained, mineral in nature, and underlain by permafrost at depths of 1-2 ft Arctic b...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/66792 2023-05-15T14:19:21+02:00 Concepts of Soil Formation and Classification in Arctic Regions Tedrow, J.C.F. Cantlon, J.E. 1958-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66792 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66792/50705 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66792 ARCTIC; Vol. 11 No. 3 (1958): September: 133–196; 166-179 1923-1245 0004-0843 Frozen ground Active layer info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1958 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:23:36Z Discusses, on basis of studies in northern Alaska, soil forming processes in arctic regions and considers the relation between vegetation and soils and problems of classification and mapping. Tundra soils are poorly drained, mineral in nature, and underlain by permafrost at depths of 1-2 ft Arctic brown soils form under free drainage, are mineral in character, and confined to ridges, terrace edges, and stabilized dunes. The active layer in such soils is usually deep. Downslope movement and frost action tend to disrupt any orderly morphology in both wet and well-drained sites. Moisture conditions in arctic soils exert a marked selective influence on vegetation.--from SIPRE. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic permafrost Tundra Alaska University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic ARCTIC 11 3 166 |
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Discusses, on basis of studies in northern Alaska, soil forming processes in arctic regions and considers the relation between vegetation and soils and problems of classification and mapping. Tundra soils are poorly drained, mineral in nature, and underlain by permafrost at depths of 1-2 ft Arctic brown soils form under free drainage, are mineral in character, and confined to ridges, terrace edges, and stabilized dunes. The active layer in such soils is usually deep. Downslope movement and frost action tend to disrupt any orderly morphology in both wet and well-drained sites. Moisture conditions in arctic soils exert a marked selective influence on vegetation.--from SIPRE. |
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Concepts of Soil Formation and Classification in Arctic Regions |
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Concepts of Soil Formation and Classification in Arctic Regions |
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Concepts of Soil Formation and Classification in Arctic Regions |
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