Soils of western Wright Valley, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 355-365

  McLeod, Malcolm ^a   Bockheim, James ^b   Balks, Megan ^c   Aislabie, Jackie ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dais; Gelisols; Labyrinth; Soil chemical properties; Soil map

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LEACHING; PH; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; TAXONOMY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; WRIGHT VALLEY;

EID: 68349152834     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102009001965     Document Type: Article

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