Bibliography
Material written in English related to soils, soil erosion and
desertification in Iceland.
The bibliography below is divided into:
Links,
Journal papers,
Books and dissertations,
Book chapters,
Reports, and Related material.
Note that there are numerous publications that have been published in Icelandic that
are not cited here, unless they have an extended English summary. The Icelandic Soil
Conservation Service (Landgræðsla ríkisins) publishes semi-annually reports which
contain a wealth of information related to soil erosion and conservation in Iceland.
We are well aware of that this list is not complete, and we intend to enlarge it at the
first opportunity. All suggestions are welcome (ola@rala.is).
Soil Erosion in Iceland.
By Olafur Arnalds, Elin Fjola
Þorarinsdottir, Sigmar Metusalemsson, Asgeir Jonsson, Einar Gretarsson, and Arnor
Arnason.
This book is a translation of the book Jarðvegsrof á
Íslandi that was originally published in Icelandic in 1997. The book gives the results of
a project that aimed to map soil erosion in all of Iceland.
A special classification of soils was used and an
erosion severity scale. The book contains numerous color photographs of Icelandic
landscapes and erosion features. If you wish to order, please send order to margretj@rala.is .The price is £10 or $17 +
shipping
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The Andosols website. (www.rala.is/andosol)
The Agricultural Research Institute hosts the official
home page of the EU-COST action 622: Volcanic soil resources of Europe. The website has an extensive bibliography on
Andosols, soils of volcanic regions.
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Links
Environmental
Research Institute, Reykjavík, Iceland - http://uhi.hi.is/english
Journal papers
 A.L.
Aradottir and Th. Eysteinsson 2005. Restoration of birch woodlands in
Iceland. In: Restoration of Boreal and Temperate Forests. J.A.
Stanturf og P. Madsen (Eds). CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp195-209.
Gretarsdottir, J., A.L. Aradottir,
V. Vandvik, E Heegaard, and H.J.B. Birks. 2004. Long-term effects of reclamation
treatments on plant succession in Iceland. Restoration Ecology 12:268-278.
Arnalds, O.2004. Volcanic soils of Iceland. Catena 56:3-20.
Oskarsson, H., O. Arnalds, J. Guðmundsson and G. Gudbergsson.
2004. Organic carbon in Icelandic Andosols: geographical variation and impact of erosion.
Catena 56:225-238.
Elmarsdottir, A., A.L.Aradottir and M.J. Trlica. 2003. Microsite
availability and estabishment of native species on degraded and reclaimed sites. Journal
of Applied Ecology 40:815-823.
Haraldsson, H. and R. Olafsdottir. 2003. Simulating vegetation
cover dynamics with regards to long-term climatic variations in sub-arctic landscapes.
Global and Planetary Change 38:313-325.
Arnalds,O and B.H. Barkarson. 2003. Soil erosion and land
use policy in Iceland in relation to sheep grazing and government subsidies. Environmental
Science and Policy 6:105-113.
Olafsdottir, R., Schlyter, P., Haraldsson, H.V.,
2001. Simulating Icelandic vegetation cover during the Holocene. Implications for
long-term land degradation. Geografiska Annaler 83A: 203-215.
Arnalds, O. and J. Kimble 2001. Andisols of
Deserts in Iceland. Soil
Science Society of America Journal, 65:1778-1786.
Arnalds, O., F.O. Gisladottir, and H. Sigurjonsson.
2001. Sandy deserts of Iceland: an overview. Jour. of Arid Environments 47:
359-371.
Aradóttir, A.L., K. Svavarsóttir, Th. H. Jonsson, and G.
Guðbergsson. 2000. Carbon accumulation in vegetation and soils by reclamation
of degraded areas. Icel. Agr. Sci. 13:99-113.
Arnalds, A. 2000. Evolution of rangeland conservation
strategies. In: Rangeland Desertification (eds. O. Arnalds and S. Archer).
Kluwer Academic Publ., London. pp153-163.
O. Arnalds, 2000. The Icelandic "rofabard" soil
erosion features. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 25:17-28.
Dugmore, A.J., A. J. Newton, A.J., Larsen, G. and Cook, G.T. 2000. Thephrochronology,
environmental change and the Norse Settlement in Iceland.
Evironmental Archaeology 5:21-34.
O. Arnalds, G. Guðbergsson and J. Guðmundsson.
2000. Carbon sequestration and reclamation of severely degraded soils in
Iceland. Icel. Agr. Sci.13:87-97.
Van Vliet-Lanoe, B., Bourgeois, O., and Dauteuil, O.,
1998. Thufur formation in northern Iceland
and its relation to Holocene climate change. Permafrost
and Periglacial Processes 9: 347–365.
Strachan, I. O. Arnalds, F. Pálmason, H. Thorgeirsson, B. D.
Sigurðsson, H. Sigurðardóttir and G. Novoselac. 1998. Soils of the Gunnarsholt
experimental plantation. Búvísindi (Icelandic Agricultural Science) 12:27-38.
O. Arnalds, 1997. Desertification in Iceland.
Desertification Control Bulletin, 32: 22-24.
Arnalds, O. C.T. Hallmark and L.P. Wilding. 1995. Andisols from
four different regions of Iceland. Soil Science Society of America Journal 59:161-169.
Fridriksson, S. 1995. Alarming rate of erosion of some Icelandic
soils. Environmental Conservation, 22:167.
Wada, K., O. Arnalds, Y. Kakuto, L.P. Wilding and C.T. Hallmark.
1992. Clay minerals of four soils formed in eolian and tephra materials in Iceland.
Geoderma 52:351-365.
Thorsteinsson, I. and O. Arnalds. 1992. The vegetation and soils
of the Thingvallavatn area. Oikos 64:105-116. 1992.
Magnusson, S.H. and B. Magnusson. 1990. Seeding of birch for land
reclamation and woodland establishment). Iceland Forestry Society Yearbook, 1999:9-18. In
Icelandic, extended English summary.
Fridriksson, S. 1988. ‘Erosion rates measured’,
Icelandic Agricultural Sciences, 1:3-10. In Icelandic, English summary.
Arnalds, A. 1987. Ecosystem disturbance and recovery in Iceland.
Arctic and Alpine Research, 19: 508-513.
Arnalds, O., A. L. Aradóttir and I. Thorsteinsson. 1987. The
nature and restoration of denuded areas in Iceland. Arctic and Alpine Research 19:518-525.
Sigbjarnarson, G. 1969. The loessial soil formation and the soil
erosion on Haukadalsheidi. Natturufraedingurinn 39:49-128. In Icelandic, extended
English summary.
Helgason, B. 1968. Basaltic soils of South-west Iceland. II. J.
Soil Sci. 19:127-134.
Helgason, B. 1963. Basaltic soils of South-west Iceland. I. J.
Soil Sci. 14:64-72.
Thorarinsson, S. 1961. ‘Wind erosion in Iceland. A
tephrocronological study, Icelandic Forestry Society Yearbook. 1961: 17-54. In Icelandic,
extended English summary.
Books and
dissertations
Aradóttir, A., and O. Arnalds. 2001. Ecosystem
degradation and restoration of birch woodlands in Iceland.
In: F.E. Wielgolaski (Ed.) Nordic Mountain Birch Systems. Man and the Biosphere Series Vol. 27, Paris and
Parthenon Publishing Group, London. pp.
293-306
Magnusson, S.H., and B. Magnusson. 2001. Effect
of enhancement of willow (Salix spp.) on establishment of birch (Betula
Pubescens) on eroded soils in Iceland. In:
F.E. Wielgolaski (Ed.) Nordic Mountain Birch Systems.
Man and the Biosphere Series Vol. 27, Paris and Parthenon Publishing Group, London. pp. 317-329.
Aradóttir, A., I. Thorsteinsson,
and S. Sigurdsson. 2001. Distribution and characteristics of birch
woodlands in North Iceland. In: F.E.
Wielgolaski (Ed.) Nordic Mountain Birch Systems. Man
and the Biosphere Series Vol. 27, Paris and Parthenon Publishing Group, London. pp. 51-61
Arnalds, O. and S. Archer. 2000.
Rangeland Desertification. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The
Netherlands. 209 p. Edited in Iceland, but subject not specific for Iceland. See www.rala.is/rade
Gisladottir, F. 2000. Environmental change and wind erosion south
of Langjokull, South Iceland. M.Sc. Thesis. Reykjavik: University of Iceland. In
Icelandic, English summary. University of Iceland.
Arnalds, O. and S. Archer. 1999. Case Studies of Rangeland
Desertification. Proceedings from an International Workshop in Iceland. Rala Report no.
200. Agricultural Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland. 159 p. Subject not specific to
Iceland. See www.rala.is/rade
Arnalds, A. 1999. Incentives for soil conservation in
Iceland. In:Incentives in Soil Conservation. From Theory to Practice (eds.
D.W. Sanders, P.C. Husza, S. Sombatpanit, and T. Enters). Oxford & IBH
Publishing Co., New Delhi. pp.135-150.
Gisladottir, G. 1998. ‘Environmental Characterisation and
Change in South-western Iceland’, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm
University, Dissertation Series 10, Stockholm, Sweden.
Arnalds, O, E. F. Thorarinsdóttir, S. Metúsalemsson, A.
Jónsson, E. Grétarsson, and A. Árnason. 1997. Soil Erosion in Iceland. Soil
Conservation Service and Agricultural Research Institute, Reykjavik, 155 p. Available in
English, Danish and German in 2000.
Magnússon, S.H. 1994. Plant colonization of eroded areas in
Iceland. Dissertation, Department of Ecology, Plant Ecology, Lund University, Sweden.
Aradottir, A.L. 1991. Population biology and stand development of
birch (Betula pubescens Ehrh.) on disturbed sites in Iceland. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept.
of Range Science, Texas A&M University. Diss. Abs. Internat. 52-06 B, 2869.
Arnalds, O. 1990. Characterization and erosion of Andosols in
Iceland. Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, U.S.A.Diss.
Abstr. 91-18177.
Gudmundsson, Th. 1978. Pedological studies of Icelandic peat
soils. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
Olafsson, S. 1974. Physical and physio-chemical studies of
Icelandic soil types. (In Danish). Dissertation. Den Kongelige Veterinar Landbohojskole,
Copenhagen, Denmark.
Johannesson, B. 1960. The soils of Iceland. Agric. Res. Inst.
Ser. B No 13, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Book chapters
Arnalds, O. 2000. Desertification, an appeal for a broader
perspective. In: Rangeland Desertification. Ólafur Arnalds and Steve Archer (eds.). pp.
5-15. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands. See www.rala.is/rade
Arnalds, O. 1999. Soils and soil erosion in Iceland. In:
Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on the Geochemistry of the
Earth’s Surface. Invited paper. (Halldór Ármannson, ed.). Balkema, Rotterdam, The
Netherlands. pp.135-138.
Arnalds, O. 1999. Soil survey and databases in Iceland. In: Soil
resources of Europe. P. Bullock, RJ.A. Jones and L. Montanarella (eds.). pp. 91-96.
Invited paper. EU-Joint Research Center, Ispra, Italy.
Magnusson, S.H. 1997. Restoration of eroded areas in Iceland. In:
K.M. Urbanska, N.R. Webb, and P.J. Edwards (eds.) Restoration ecology and sustainable
development. pp. 118-211. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
Arnalds, O. 1996. Soil erosion in Iceland. In: Regionalisation of
Erosion and Nitrate Losses from Agricultural land in Nordic Countries. S. Rekolainen, S.,
and R. Lek (eds.). TemaNord 1996-615:66-68. Nordic Council of Ministers, Copenhagen.
Reports etc.
H. Sigurjónsson, F. Gísladóttir, and O. Arnalds. 1999.
Measurement of eolian processes on sandy surfaces in Iceland. Rala Report no. 201.
Agricultural Research Institute. 27 p.
Ólafur Arnalds, Ása L. Aradóttir, Arnór Snorrason, Grétar
Guðbergsson, Þorbergur Hjalti Jónsson, and Anna María Ágústsdóttir. 1999. Organic
carbon sequestration by restoration of severely degraded areas in Iceland. Rala Report
197. 19 pp.
Related material
O. Arnalds and S.R. Gislason. 2002.
Validity of oxalate extraction for characterization and Al/Si calculations for vitric
Andosols. Mainzer Naturwissenschaft Archiv 40:13-14.
Larsen, G., Newton, A.J., Dugmore, A.J., and
Vilmundardottir, E.G., 2001. Geochemistry,
dispersal, volumes and chronology of Holocene silicic layers from the Katla volcanic
system, Iceland. Journal of Quaternary Science 16:
119–132.
Larsen, G., 2000. Holocene eruptions within the Katla volcanic
system, south Iceland: Characteristics and environmental impact. Jokull
49, 1–28.
Larsen, G., Dugmore, A., and Newton, A., 1999. Geochemistry of the historical-age silicic tephras
in Iceland. The Holocene 9: 463–471.
Thorhallsdottir, Th. E. 1997. Tundra ecosystems of Iceland. In:
F.E. Wiegolaski (Ed.), Polar and Alpine Tundra. Ecosystems of the World 3:85-96. Elsevier,
New York.
Gislason, S.R., S. Arnorsson and H. Armannson 1996. Chemical
weathering of basalt in Southwest Iceland: effects of runoff, age of rocks and
vegetative/glacial cover. Am. J. Sci. 296:837-907.
Gudmundsson, A.T. and H. Kjartansson. 1996. Earth in Action. The
essential guide to the geology of Iceland. Vaka-Helgafell, Reykjavik.
Gudmundsson, A.T. 1996. Volanoes in Iceland. Vaka-Helgafell,
Reykjavik.
Hallsdottir, M. 1995. On the pre-settlement history of Icelandic
vegetation. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences 9: 17-29.
Kristinsson, H. 1995. Post-settlement history of Icelandic
forests. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences 9: 31-35.
Schunke, E. and S.C. Zoltai,. 1988. Earth hummocks (thufur). p.
231-245. In: M.J.
Clark (ed.) Advances Periglacial Geomporhology. Wiley, New York.
Haraldsson, H. 1981. The Markafljot sandur area, southern
Iceland. Sedimental, petrological and stratigraphical sudies. Striae 15: 1-60.
Thorarinsson, S. 1981. The application of tephrochronology in
Iceland. In Self, S. and Sparks, R.S.J. (Eds), Tephra Studies, Dordrecht, Reidel, 109-134.
Larsen, G. & Thorarinsson, S. (1977). H4 and other acid Hekla
tephra layers. Jökull 27:2-27.
Bergthorsson, P. 1969. An estimate of drift ice and temperature
in Iceland in 1000 years, Jokull, 19: 94-101.
Einarsson, Th. 1963. Pollen analytical studies on the vegetation
and climate history of Iceland in Late and Post-Glacial times, in Löve, A. Löve, D.
(Eds), North Atlantic biota and their history, Pergamon Press , Oxford, 355-365.
Related sites:
 
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Agricultural Research Institute of Iceland.
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