Soils of Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, the maritime Antarctic: Part ?. Formation processes and pedogenetic particularities

ADVANCES IN POLAR SCIENCE ›› 2000, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (1-English): 25-38.

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Soils of Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, the maritime Antarctic: Part ?. Formation processes and pedogenetic particularities

Chen Jie¹, Gong Zitong¹ and Hans-Peter Blume²

¹ Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China;
² Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, University of Kiel, D-24098 Kiel, Germany

Online:1950-03-30 Published:1950-03-30
Contact: Chen Jie

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Based on the data obtained from tens of the investigated soil profiles scattered over the Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, the maritime Antarctic, the soil forming processes were discussed. It was concluded that on the weathering crusts resulted from various physical courses, the strong freeze-thaw action within regolith, significant organic matter accumulation, evident leaching and illuviation, as well as initial argillification dominated the formation and development of the soils on the Fildes Peninsula. Furthermore, this study indicated that the juvenility of genesis, poor profile-expression, variation in column thickness, etc. characterized the pedogenetic features of the soils of the Fildes Peninsula.

Key words: soil, soil genesis, pedological processes, the maritime Antarctic

Chen Jie, Gong Zitong, Hans-Peter Blume. Soils of Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, the maritime Antarctic: Part ?. Formation processes and pedogenetic particularities[J]. ADVANCES IN POLAR SCIENCE, 2000, 11(1-English): 25-38.

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