Antarctic Soils and Soil Forming Processes

• Publisher: by the American Geophysical Union.
• Year: 1966
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 184
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

About The Product

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Antarctic Research Series.

Are there, in fact, any soils in Antarctica? This is the question asked by laymen and professionals alike.

It is seventy years or more since man first set foot on the antarctic continent, and during this time explorers, naturalists, geologists, and others have given us considerable information on many ice-free areas and have photographed and mapped a considerable portion of the continent. Only within the last ten years, however, have the first systematic pedologic studies been undertaken. Although the observations of these preliminary studies are important and illuminating, knowledge of pedologic processes as a whole on the antarctic continent has not advanced much beyond a 'statement of the problem.'

Content:

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
The Antarctic Research Series......Page 6
Preface
......Page 7
Contents
......Page 9
KUKRI PENEPLAIN......Page 10
PALEOZOIC ANTARCTIC GLACIATION......Page 11
TERTIARY ANTARCTIC GLACIATION......Page 12
TERTIARY BLOCK-FAULT MOUNTAINS......Page 13
VOLCANIC LANDFORMS......Page 14
GEOMORPHOLOGY OF CONTINENTAL SHELF......Page 16
GLACIAL AND SUBGLACIAL TOPOGRAPHY......Page 18
MULTIPLE GLACIATION......Page 19
INTERGLACIAL FEATURES......Page 21
DEGLACIATION......Page 24
ORIGIN OF THE 'DRY VALLEYS'......Page 25
ELEVATED BEACHES......Page 27
ELEVATED MARINE-BOULDER PAVEMENTS......Page 31
PERIGLACIAL FEATURES......Page 32
WORK OF RUNNING WATER......Page 42
WORK OF WIND......Page 43
LAKES......Page 45
GEOLOGIC EVIDENCE OF LOW
TEMPERATURES......Page 50
REFERENCES......Page 51
THE GENERAL CLIMATE OF THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT......Page 56
LOCAL CLIMATOLOGY OF ANTARCTIC SOIL AREAS......Page 63
REFERENCES......Page 67
INTRODUCTION......Page 69
VICTORIA LAND......Page 71
TYPES OF WEDGES......Page 78
MEASUREMENTS OF GROWTH RATES......Page 83
CONTRACTION SITES......Page 86
DISCUSSION OF RESULTS......Page 108
CONCLUSIONS......Page 114
REFERENCES......Page 115
HISTORY OF BOTANICAL COLLECTING......Page 117
PLANT LIFE IN ANTARCTICA......Page 118
MICROCLIMATE AND PLANTS AT
HALLETT STATION......Page 119
ANTARCTIC ENVIRONMENT AND PLANT ESTABLISHMENT......Page 124
FLOWERING PLANT SEED GERMINATION AT HALLETT STATION......Page 126
BIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS......Page 129
REFERENCES......Page 130
INTRODUCTION......Page 133
ANTARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO......Page 135
ROSS SEA AREA......Page 136
POSSIBLE FACTORS THAT MIGHT LIMIT MICROBIAL GROWTH......Page 149
TRANSMISSION AND VIABILITY OF MICROORGANISM......Page 156
REFERENCES......Page 166
ANTARCTIC SOILS......Page 168
THE AREA......Page 170
CLIMATE......Page 171
GEOLOGY......Page 172
BIOTIC FACTORS......Page 173
WEATHERING PROCESS......Page 174
SOIL FORMATION......Page 176
MAJOR SOILS......Page 177
REFERENCES......Page 182