The Soils of Antarctica (World Soils Book Series) by James G. Bockheim PDF

By James G. Bockheim

ISBN-10: 3319054961

ISBN-13: 9783319054964

ISBN-10: 3319381466

ISBN-13: 9783319381466

This e-book divides Antarctica into 8 ice-free areas and gives details at the soils of every zone. Soils were studied in Antarctica for almost a hundred years. even though in simple terms 0.35% (45,000 km2) of Antarctica is ice-free, its weathered, unconsolidated fabric qualify as “soils”. Soils of Antarctica is richly illustrated with approximately one hundred fifty pictures and provisional maps are supplied for a number of key ice-free areas.

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