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Data · collection · 1997

Study of the Soils of Penguin and Leopard Islands, Gerlache, Antarctic Peninsula

Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR

The study of the soils of the Penguin and Leopard Islands, Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, is herewith presented.

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Utilizing the reconnaissance methodologies employed by the Institute of Soils of INTA, Castelar, several landscape units could be differentiated; and soils classified at subgroup level, with indication of their textural family, according to the last version of Soil Taxonomy, 1996. The present work shows that, althoungh the climate is extremely harsh, due to low temperatures, there exist soils which evolve in this environment.

There were recognized soils belonging to the Mollisols, Histosols and Inceptisols Orders.

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Provenance · 1 source records, 24 field assertions
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concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/agriculture/soils/soil-classificationsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/agriculture/soils/soil-horizons-profilesource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-radiationsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
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concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biological-classification/fungi/lichenssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biological-classification/plants/mosses-hornworts-liverwortssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetationsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/land-surface/soils/organic-mattersource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/land-surface/soils/soil-classificationsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/land-surface/soils/soil-horizons-profilesource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
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