Antarctica: Soils, Weathering Processes and Environment

✍ Scribed by I.B. Campbell and G.G.C. Claridge (Eds.)

Publisher: Academic Press, Elsevier
Year: 1987
Leaves: 392
Series: Developments in Soil Science 16
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Frontispiece Wright Valley, McMurdo Sound: a typical cold-desert landscape
Page ii

Edited page
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Preface
Pages vii-xxxii

Chapter 1 Introduction
Pages 1-5

Chapter 2 The Geology and Geomorphology of Antarctica
Pages 7-42

Chapter 3 The Climate of Antarctica
Pages 43-71

Chapter 4 The Biology of Antarctic Soils
Pages 73-96

Chapter 5 Physical Weathering and Rock Disintegration
Pages 97-122

Chapter 6 Chemical Weathering
Pages 123-146

Chapter 7 Soils and Soil Properties
Pages 147-177

Chapter 8 Soil Distribution and Factors Influencing the Soil Pattern
Pages 179-238

Chapter 9 Salts in Antarctic Soils
Pages 239-273

Chapter 10 Soil Weathering and Glacial History
Pages 275-309

Chapter 11 Classification of Antarctic Soils
Pages 311-328

Chapter 12 Soils and the Environment
Pages 329-340

References
Pages 341-358

Index
Pages 359-368

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