Soils of Iceland


Full screen web-mapping : Soil database of Iceland

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METADATA LANGUAGE, Icelandic/English
DATA MAKER, Agricultural University of Iceland ~~ http://www.lbhi.is/
DATE OF CREATION, 2001
REPRESENTATION TYPE, Vector (SHP) and Raster (IMG)
SPATIAL RESOLUTION, 1 : 250 000
SPATIAL EXTENT, All Iceland
ABSTRACT, The Agricultural University of Iceland (Arnalds and Grétarsson\, 2001) has compiled a soil map in the scale of 1:250\,000. The aerial extent of major soil types is presented in the table below (from Arnalds Olafur\, 2008). ~~ ~~

REFERENCES, The Soils of Iceland~~Arnalds\, Olafur ~~ World Soils Book Series. Springer Netherlands. 2015~~ ~~
Soils of Iceland~~Arnalds\, Olafur ~~Jökull – The Icelandic Journal of Earth Sciences 58:409-421\, 2008~~ ~~

Islenskt jarðvegskort (A soil map of Iceland). ~~
Arnalds O\, Oskarsson H (2009)~~
Náttúrufræðingurinn 78:107-121 (in Icelandic\, English summary\, table and figure legends) ~~ ~~

Leir í íslenskum jarðvegi (Clays of Icelandic soils). ~~
Arnalds O (1994) ~~
Náttúrufræðingurinn 63:73-85 (in Icelandic\, extended English summary). ~~ ~~

Volcanic soils of Iceland. ~~
Arnalds O (2004) ~~
Catena 56:3–10 ~~ ~~

Andisols from four different regions of Iceland. ~~
Arnalds O\, Hallmark CT\, Wilding LP ~~
Soil Science Society of America Journal 59:161–169. 1995 ~~ ~~

Kulferli\, frost og mold (Cryoturbation\, frost and soil). Agricultural University of Iceland ~~
Arnalds O ~~
Publication No. 26 (in Icelandic).  2010. ~~ ~~

Andisols of deserts in Iceland. ~~
Arnalds O\, Kimble J~~
Soil Sci Soc Am J 65:1778–1786. 2001
CONTACT, Olafur Arnalds (Agricultural University of Iceland) ~~ oa@lbhi.is ~~ http://www.moldin.net/ ~~ ~~
Fanney Ósk Gísladóttir (Agricultural University of Iceland) ~~ fanney@lbhi.is
DOWNLOAD, Soil_Map_SHP.zip ~~
Soil_Map_RASTER.zip
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