Publication detail

Late Holocene soil processes and the first evidence for ferruginous rhizoconcretions in cool subpolar environments of the Faroe Islands

POKORNÝ, R. EDWARDS, K. J. KRMÍČEK, L. VŠIANSKÝ, D. DÁŇOVÁ P. V.

Original Title

Late Holocene soil processes and the first evidence for ferruginous rhizoconcretions in cool subpolar environments of the Faroe Islands

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The Faroe Islands are characterized by high rates of Holocene geomorphological activity and demonstrable vegetation change, including substantial peat formation. Pedogenesis, especially in the late Holocene, is less well known. Numerous ferruginous rhizoconcretions consisting predominantly of Fe-oxyhydroxides were identified in loam and silty sands in Søltuvík on the island of Sandoy, dated prior to AD 1000. Their formation is related to intensive podzolization and they take the form of the source woody vegetation. The sub-fossil material represents the first evidence for ferruginous rhizoconcretions in the Faroese archipelago.

Keywords

Faroe Islands; Holocene; pedogenesis; peat; Fe-oxyhydroxide; rhizoconcretion

Authors

POKORNÝ, R.; EDWARDS, K. J.; KRMÍČEK, L.; VŠIANSKÝ, D.; DÁŇOVÁ P. V.

Released

3. 9. 2018

Publisher

Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography

Location

Stockholm

ISBN

0435-3676

Periodical

GEOGRAFISKA ANNALER SERIES A-PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Year of study

100

Number

3

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

272

Pages to

284

Pages count

13

BibTex

@article{BUT149630,
  author="Richard {Pokorný} and Kevin {Edwards} and Lukáš {Krmíček} and Dalibor {Všianský} and Dáňová {Petra}",
  title="Late Holocene soil processes and the first evidence for ferruginous rhizoconcretions in cool subpolar environments of the Faroe Islands",
  journal="GEOGRAFISKA ANNALER SERIES A-PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY",
  year="2018",
  volume="100",
  number="3",
  pages="272--284",
  doi="10.1080/04353676.2018.1463142",
  issn="0435-3676"
}