Soil organic matter (SOM) accumulation is different in certain soil groups with differences in
parent material, degree of weathering and mineral composition. These differences are …

Abstract Active Al, Fe and Si (ie, oxalate extractable fraction: Al o, Fe o, Si o) strongly affect
soil physical, chemical and biological properties. This study examined the pedogenic factors …

Climate and parent material type are important soil forming factors. On Santa Cruz Island,
Galápagos, the climate shows a pronounced altitudinal zonation from arid lowlands to …

The Galápagos archipelago is a well‐suited model ecosystem for investigating soil
evolution. Here, we study mineral transformations and pedogenesis of the volcanic soils of …

Climate and parent material are considered the primary factors determining the distributions
of soil clay (secondary) minerals, but their influence has not been rigorously elucidated for …

This study was designed to investigate the successive effects of the early Pleistocene
subhumid and early to middle Holocene semi-arid paleoclimates and late Holocene to …

The Galápagos archipelago consists of a chain of volcanic islands of different ages. We
used a chronosequence and altitudinal sequence approach to investigate the influence of …

Volcanic ecosystems with unique and reduced-complexity environments are distributed
globally, providing a platform for analysing the structure and function of natural microbial …

The Galápagos archipelago, a chain of islands formed by hotspot-induced volcanism on the
Nazca tectonic plate, exhibits pronounced gradients of rock age and climate. Here, we …

Pedogenetic processes such as ferralitization and argilluviation control various soil
attributes. Understanding the intensities of pedogenesis can provide answers for several …