Linkages between geochemistry and microbiology in a proglacial terrain in the High Arctic

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Wojcik, Robin, Donhauser, Johanna, Frey, Beat, Holm, Stine, Holland, Alexandra, Anesio, Alexandre M., Pearce, David A., Malard, Lucie, Wagner, Dirk, Benning, Liane G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: biogeochemistry; glacial geomorphology; glacier chemistry; microbiology; processes and landforms of glacial erosion; glacier; Longyearbreen; Svalbard
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2019.1

Proglacial environments are ideal for studying the development of soils through the changes of rocks exposed by glacier retreat to weathering and microbial processes. Carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) contents as well as soil pH and soil elemental compositions are thought to be dominant factors structurin...