Soils and landforms at Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula: formation, classification, distribution, and relationships

• Published in: Soil Science Society of America Journal
• Main Authors: Reynaud Schaefer, Carlos Ernesto G., Costa Pereira, Thiago Torres, Ker, João Carlos, Carreiro Almeida, Ivan Carlos, Bello Simas, Felipe Nogueira, Soares de Oliveira, Fábio, Corrêa, Guilherme Resende, Vieira, Goncalo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Soil Science Society of America 2017
• Subjects: Soils; Landforms; Hope Bay; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*; permafrost; Thermokarst
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/28501; https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2014.06.0266

Antarctic soils occur in restricted areas, but few integrated studies on soils and landforms have focused in the Antarctic Peninsula. We studied the representative soils of Hope Bay, emphasizing the processes of quaternary sedimentation, landforms, soil classification, and distribution. Results show...