Call number:
AWI Atl-11-0016
;
IASS 13.0101
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: INTRODUCTION: Scope of the Atlas. - Role and Importance of Soil. - International Polar Year. - European Union Research and the Northern Latitudes. - THE NORTHERN ENVIRONMENT: Overview. - Sea Ice and Topography. - Climate. - Human Influence. - Permafrost. - Land-Ocean Interaction. - SOILS IN NORTHERN LATITUDES: What is Soil?. - Soils in Cold Climates. - Soil Forming Processes. - Patterned Ground. - Mass Movement. - Thawing of Ground Ice. - Soil Organisms in the Polar Regions. - SOIL CLASSIFICATION: Soil Classification: Grouping soils together. - World Reference Base. - Soil Taxonomy. - Canadian Soil Classification. - Russian Soil Classification. - Comparing Soil Classifications. - Soil Mapping in the North. - MAJOR SOIL TYPES OF THE NORTH CIRCUMPOLAR REGION. - SOIL MAPS: WRB Reference Soil Groups. - Index to Map Sheets. - Overview of the Northern Circumpolar Region. - Regional maps. - Cold Soils from around the World. - Geographic Information Systems. - NORTHERN SOILS: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: Carbon Cycle. - Climate Change. - NORTHERN SOILS: A LOCAL PERSPECTIVE: Alaska. - Canada. - Greenland. - Fennoscandia. - Central Siberia. - Iceland. - Construction in the Permafrost Zone. - CONCLUSIONS. - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Glossary. - Contacts and Bibliography. - JRC Soil Atlas Series. - The Joint Research Centre
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
144 S. : Ill., Kt.
ISBN:
9789279097706
URL:
http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/library/maps/Circumpolar/Documents/Circumpolar_atlas.pdf
Branch Library:
AWI Library
Branch Library:
RIFS Library
