The Soils of Antarctica

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bockheim, James G. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: World Soils Book Series,
• Subjects: Environment.; Physical geography.; Geomorphology.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Soil Science & Conservation.; Physical Geography.

This book divides Antarctica into eight ice-free regions and provides information on the soils of each region. Soils have been studied in Antarctica for nearly 100 years. Although only 0.35% (45,000 km2) of Antarctica is ice-free, its weathered, unconsolidated material qualify as “soils.”  Soils of...

Table of Contents:

• Soils of Antarctica: History and Challenges
• Soil-forming Factors in Antarctica
• Soils of Queen Maud Land
• Soils of Enderby Land
• Soils of MacRobertson Land
• Soils of Wilkes Land
• Soils of North Victoria Land (Northern Transantarctic Mountains)
• Soils of Central Victoria Land
• Soils of Southern Victoria Land, the Transantarctic Mountains.