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Soils of the Weddell Sea Sector, Antarctica

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The Antarctic Peninsula (AP) marks the climatic transition between maritime and dry subpolar Antarctica. The western side of the AP has a mean annual air temperature (MAAT) between –2.7 and –3.4 °C, with up to 2 months with temperatures above freezing, and a mean annual precipitation (MAP) ranging from 400 to 800 mm, with some of the precipitation falling as rain.

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  1. Soil Science Department, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, AV PH Rolfs S/N, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Carlos E. G. R. Schaefer, Katia Karoline Delpupo Souza, Felipe N. B. Simas & Davi Gjorup

  2. Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706-1299, USA

    James G. Bockheim

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Schaefer, C.E.G.R., Souza, K.K.D., Simas, F.N.B., Gjorup, D., Bockheim, J.G. (2015). Soils of the Weddell Sea Sector, Antarctica. In: Bockheim, J. (eds) The Soils of Antarctica. World Soils Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05497-1_14

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