Recent, relic and buried soils in the forefield of Werenskiold Glacier, SW Spitsbergen

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-178

  Kabala, Cezary ^a   Zapart, Justyna ^a  

^a WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Glacier forefield; Marine terrace; Soil development; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; DISSOLUTION; GLACIER; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; WERENSKIOLDBREEN;

EID: 67949102119     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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