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Soils of Wilkes Land (The Windmill Islands)

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The Windmill Islands and surrounding area constitute the largest ice-free area in Wilkes Land at 500 km2 (Table 2.1). There are three scientific bases in Wilkes Land, including Mirnyy (Russia), Casey (Australia), and Dumont D’Urville (France).

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Acknowledgments

The research at Casey Station was funded by Projects of the German Research Council (DFG) in cooperation with the Australian Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE). We are greatly thankful to the help of several expedition leaders and many expeditioneers, especially the late Ray Lindupp.

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    Hans-Peter Blume

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    Manfred Bölter

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Blume, HP., Bölter, M. (2015). Soils of Wilkes Land (The Windmill Islands). In: Bockheim, J. (eds) The Soils of Antarctica. World Soils Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05497-1_6

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