Browsing by Subject "Soil Science"

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Early indicators of soil formation in the Icelandic sub-arctic highlands

Mankasingh, Utra; Gísladóttir, Guðrún (Elsevier BV, 2019-03-01)

Andisols are carbon-rich soils that persist in volcanic regions with cool climates. They are the main soil type in Iceland, where there are also large areas of premature or degraded mineral soils with the possible potential to become andisols. This ...
Factors controlling nitrous oxide emissions from managed northern peat soils with low carbon to nitrogen ratio

Liimatainen, Maarit; Voigt, Carolina; Martikainen, Pertti; Hytönen, Jyrki; Regina, Kristiina; Oskarsson, Hlynur; Maljanen, Marja (Elsevier BV, 2018-07)

Managed northern peatlands are an important source of the strong greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O). However, N2O emissions from these managed peatlands display a high spatial variability, and processes governing N2O production and emissions from these ...
Persistent albedo reduction on southern Icelandic glaciers due to ashfall from the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption

Möller, Rebecca; Dagsson-Waldhauserova, Pavla; Möller, Marco; Kukla, Peter; Schneider, Christoph; Gudmundsson, Magnus Tumi (Elsevier BV, 2019-11)

In April and May 2010 the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull experienced an explosive eruption that led to substantial ashfall across the central-southern parts of the island. The resulting ash deposits covered Eyjafjallajökull, Mýrdalsjökull and parts ...

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