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The Soils of Antarctica

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. James G. Bockheim

    1. Soil Science Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

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  • Includes first comprehensive description of key soil taxa, along with color photographs of Antarctic soils
  • Includes first maps of Antarctic soils
  • Updates last book on Antarctic soils published in 1987
  • Contributes to Springer's World Soils Book Series
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: World Soils Book Series (WSBS)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Soils of Antarctica: History and Challenges

    • James G. Bockheim
    Pages 1-3

  3. Soil-Forming Factors in Antarctica

    • James G. Bockheim
    Pages 5-20

  4. Soils of Queen Maud Land

    • Elya P. Zazovskaya, Dmitriy G. Fedorov-Davydov, Tatyana V. Alekseeva, Maria I. Dergacheva
    Pages 21-44

  5. Soils of Enderby Land

    • Andrey V. Dolgikh, Nikita S. Mergelov, Andrey A. Abramov, Alexey V. Lupachev, Sergey V. Goryachkin
    Pages 45-63

  6. Soils of MacRobertson Land

    • Nikita S. Mergelov, Dmitry E. Konyushkov, Alexey V. Lupachev, Sergey V. Goryachkin
    Pages 65-86

  7. Soils of Wilkes Land (The Windmill Islands)

    • Hans-Peter Blume, Manfred Bölter
    Pages 87-105

  8. Soils of North Victoria Land

    • James G. Bockheim
    Pages 107-116

  9. Soils of Central Victoria Land, the McMurdo Dry Valleys

    • James G. Bockheim, Malcolm McLeod
    Pages 117-148

  10. Soils of Southern Victoria Land, the Southern Transantarctic Mountains

    • James G. Bockheim, Malcolm McLeod
    Pages 149-168

  11. Soils of Ellsworth Land, the Ellsworth Mountains

    • James G. Bockheim, Carlos E. G. R. Schaefer
    Pages 169-181

  12. Soils of Marie Byrd Land

    • Alexey V. Lupachev, Evgeniy V. Abakumov, Andrey A. Abramov, Sergey V. Goryachkin, David A. Gilichinsky
    Pages 183-203

  13. Soils of Graham and Palmer Lands, Antarctic Peninsula

    • Nicholas Haus, Carlos E. G. R. Schaefer, James Bockheim, Thiago Torres C. Pereira
    Pages 205-225

  14. Soils of the South Orkney and South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

    • Felipe N. B. Simas, Carlos E. G. R. Schaefer, Roberto F.M. Michel, Marcio R. Francelino, James G. Bockheim
    Pages 227-273

  15. Soils of the Weddell Sea Sector, Antarctica

    • Carlos E. G. R. Schaefer, Katia Karoline Delpupo Souza, Felipe N. B. Simas, Davi Gjorup, James G. Bockheim
    Pages 275-279

  16. Human Impacts on Soils

    • T. A. O’Neill, J. Aislabie, M. R. Balks
    Pages 281-303

  17. Antarctic Soils and Climate Change

    • James G. Bockheim
    Pages 305-314

  18. Summary

    • James G. Bockheim
    Pages 315-320

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 321-322
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About this book

This book divides Antarctica into eight ice-free regions and provides information on the soils of each region. Soils have been studied in Antarctica for nearly 100 years. Although only 0.35% (45,000 km2) of Antarctica is ice-free, its weathered, unconsolidated material qualify as “soils”. Soils of Antarctica is richly illustrated with nearly 150 images and provisional maps are provided for several key ice-free areas.

Reviews

“Jim Bockheim … has co-ordinated a volume of 17 chapters by about 30 authors and co-authors, although he has had a guiding hand in most of the chapters. … The book is well illustrated and contains many colour photographs, which will help those who are unlikely to gain first-hand experience of Antarctica, and tables of data. Each chapter is extensively referenced, usually to original survey information or primary research papers, which is to be commended.” (D. W. Hopkins, European Journal of Soil Science, Vol. 67, November, 2016)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Soil Science Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

    James G. Bockheim

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Soils of Antarctica

  • Editors: James G. Bockheim

  • Series Title: World Soils Book Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05497-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-05496-4Published: 09 June 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38146-6Published: 18 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-05497-1Published: 22 May 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2211-1255

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-1263

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 322

  • Number of Illustrations: 32 b/w illustrations, 156 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Soil Science & Conservation, Physical Geography, Geomorphology

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