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

0506812 - GLÚ 2020 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Pokorný, R. - Edwards, K. J. - Krmíček, Lukáš - Všianský, D. - Dáňová, P. V.
Late Holocene soil processes and the first evidence for ferruginous rhizoconcretions in cool subpolar environments of the Faroe Islands.
Geografiska Annaler Series A-Physical Geography. Roč. 100, č. 3 (2018), s. 272-284. ISSN 0435-3676. E-ISSN 1468-0459
Institutional support: RVO:67985831
Keywords : Faroe Islands * Fe-oxyhydroxide * Holocene * peat * pedogenesis * rhizoconcretion
OECD category: Geology
Impact factor: 1.652, year: 2018
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/04353676.2018.1463142

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.
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