Origin of clay minerals in Early Eocene volcanic paleosols on King George Island, Maritime Antarctica

• Main Authors: Spinola, Diogo Noses, Pi-Puig, Teresa, Solleiro-Rebolledo, Elizabeth, Egli, Markus, Sudo, Masafumi, Sedov, Sergey, Kühn, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017
• Subjects: Institute of Geography; 910 Geography & travel; Georges Island; King George Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/145646/; https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/145646/1/2017_P_s41598-017-06617-x.pdf; https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/145646/3/2017_AM_Spinola_ScientificReports_2017.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-145646; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06617-x

The paleoclimate during the Early Eocene in Maritime Antarctica is characterized by cool conditions without a pronounced dry season. Soils formed on volcanic material under such climate conditions in modern analogue environments are usually Andosols rich in nanocrystalline minerals without pedogenic...