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Micromorphological features of the fine earth and skeletal fractions of soils of West Antarctica in the areas of Russian Antarctic stations. / Abakumov, E.V.; Gagarina, E.I.; Sapega, V.F.; Vlasov, D.Y.
In: Eurasian Soil Science, Vol. 46, No. 12, 2013, p. 1219-1229.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Micromorphological features of the fine earth and skeletal fractions of soils of West Antarctica in the areas of Russian Antarctic stations
AU - Abakumov, E.V.
AU - Gagarina, E.I.
AU - Sapega, V.F.
AU - Vlasov, D.Y.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Micromorphological features of the fine earth and skeletal fractions of soils of West Antarctica forming under different conditions of pedogenesis have been studied in the areas of Russian Antarctic stations. The processes of mineral weathering and alteration of rock fragments are more pronounced in the Subantarctic soils with better developed humification and immobilization of iron compounds under conditions of surface overmoistening. The biogenic accumulative processes in the soils of King George Island result in the appearance of initial forms of humic plasma that have not been detected in the Antarctic soils in the areas of the Russkaya and Leningradskaya stations. Humus films on mineral grains are present in the soils of King George Island, and organic plasmic material is present in the ornithogenic soils under penguin guano on Lindsey Island. High latitude Antarctic soils may contain surface concentrations of organic matter; rock fragments are covered by iron oxides and soluble salts. The formation of a
AB - Micromorphological features of the fine earth and skeletal fractions of soils of West Antarctica forming under different conditions of pedogenesis have been studied in the areas of Russian Antarctic stations. The processes of mineral weathering and alteration of rock fragments are more pronounced in the Subantarctic soils with better developed humification and immobilization of iron compounds under conditions of surface overmoistening. The biogenic accumulative processes in the soils of King George Island result in the appearance of initial forms of humic plasma that have not been detected in the Antarctic soils in the areas of the Russkaya and Leningradskaya stations. Humus films on mineral grains are present in the soils of King George Island, and organic plasmic material is present in the ornithogenic soils under penguin guano on Lindsey Island. High latitude Antarctic soils may contain surface concentrations of organic matter; rock fragments are covered by iron oxides and soluble salts. The formation of a
KW - soils of West Antarctica
KW - micromorphological features
KW - soil processes
KW - microprobe analysis
U2 - 10.1134/S1064229313120028
DO - 10.1134/S1064229313120028
M3 - Article
VL - 46
SP - 1219
EP - 1229
JO - Eurasian Soil Science
JF - Eurasian Soil Science
SN - 1064-2293
IS - 12
ER -
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