Soils on coral reef tracts. The example of Huon Peninsula, New Guinea

Form and process in geomorphology

Auteurs :
BRÜCKNER, H.
SCHNÜTGEN, A.
HEINE, K.
STRUNK, H.
VÖLKEL, J.

Description :
The coral reef terraces of Huon Peninsula in Papua New Guinea at 6°S range from the Holocene terrace I to the more than 300,000 years old terrace XI. Since the ages of the coral reefs are known, a chronosequence of the different pedogenetic processes can be established. Reasons for the retarded pedogenesis are discussed. The different weathering intensities are time-generated without any paleoclimatic implications.


Type de document :
Congrès

Source :
Deutscher Arbeitskreis für Geomorphologie. Meeting, 19, Regensburg, Allemagne, 1993-09-27, Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie. Supplementband, issn : 0044-2798, 1995, n°. 99, p. 1-15, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 22 ref.

Date :
1995

Editeur :
Pays édition : Allemagne, Berlin ; Stuttgart, Borntraeger