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Pedogenic Gradients for Iron and Aluminum Accumulation and Phosphorus Depletion in Arctic and Alpine Soils as a Function of Time and Climate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Peter W. Birkeland ,
Raymond M. Burke  and
James B. Benedict
Peter W. Birkeland
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0250
Raymond M. Burke
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Humbolt State University, Arcata, California 95521
James B. Benedict
Affiliation:
Center for Mountain Archeology, Ward, Colorado 80481
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Abstract

Pedogenically significant chemical extracts of iron, aluminum, and phosphorus are related mainly to time in chronosequences from Baffin Island (Canadian Arctic), the alpine Sierra Nevada and Wind River Range (western United States), the alpine Khumbu Glacier area (Himalaya, Nepal), and the alpine Southern Alps (New Zealand). Based on the accumulation index for Fe and Al, and the depletion index for P in each region, the following ranking of chemical pedogenic development is obtained: Southern Alps > Khumbu Glacier area ≅ Wind River Range > Sierra Nevada > coastal Baffin Island > inland Baffin Island. The ranking mainly follows regional climate, with the greatest accumulation and depletion to the warmest and wettest environment, and the least accumulation and depletion in the coldest and driest environment.

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Quaternary Research , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , September 1989 , pp. 193 - 204
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University of Washington

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