Distribution, genesis, and properties of Arctic soils: A case study from the Fuglebekken catchment, Spitsbergen

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 289-304

  Szymański, Wojciech ^a   Skiba, Stefan ^a   Wojtuń, Bronisław ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Cryosols; Cryoturbation; Permafrost; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WEATHERING; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CRYOTURBATION; PERMAFROST; POLAR REGION; SOIL PROFILE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION COVER;

ARCTIC; HORNSUND; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84885096388     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/popore-2013-0017     Document Type: Article

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