Open AccessSoils of southwest coast of West Spitsbergen Island
Author(s) -
Galina Kashulina,
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Tatyana I. Litvinova,
Natalya M. Korobeynikova,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
trudy kolʹskogo naučnogo centra ran
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2307-5252
DOI - 10.37614/2307-5252.2021.6.12.9.040
Subject(s) - regosol , tussock , geography , soil water , soil classification , geology , physical geography , ecology , soil science , biology
A few soil types were studied at the south-west coast of West Spitsbergen Island during 2004–2018. The article discusses the morphological features and properties of the most common soil types in the surveyed area, including Folic Sceletic Umbrisols, Sceletic Umbrisols of the polygonal complexes, Histic Gleysols and Folic Gleysols of tussock bog, and Sceletic Dystric Regosols.