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ALPINE SOILS OF NORTH‐EAST SCOTLAND
Author(s) -
ROMANS J. C. C.,
STEVENS J. H.,
ROBERTSON L.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
journal of soil science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.244
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2389
pISSN - 0022-4588
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2389.1966.tb01465.x
Subject(s) - horizon , taiga , soil water , frost (temperature) , boreal , altitude (triangle) , earth science , peat , geology , physical geography , disturbance (geology) , redistribution (election) , environmental science , geography , soil science , archaeology , paleontology , geomorphology , forestry , physics , geometry , mathematics , astronomy , politics , political science , law
Summary Many features of the alpine soils of NE. Scotland are related to altitude. The deep contemporary humose A horizon has formed in Post‐Boreal to recent times. Its formation was preceded by a phase of profile development characterized by very scanty A horizon development. This phase was interrupted by a stage of frost disturbance, probably equated with the Highland Re‐advance. The earliest part of the pedogenetic cycle is represented only by cryogenic redistribution of the fine fraction, within the parent material column, which occurred between 12,000 and 28,000 B.P.