Soil development on Rakata

Newsome, D. (1982) Soil development on Rakata. In: Flenley, J.R. and Richards, K. 1982. The Krakatau Centenary Expedition final report. Miscellaneous series no. 25. University of Hull. Department of Geography, pp. 83-102.

Abstract

There is organic incorporation and decomposition at the soil surface, giving rise to well-developed A horizons, especially in stable gullies. Evidence of translocatory processes is slight: there are no morphological indications and evidence comes only from a down-profile study of iron concentrations. Although there is evidence of soil weathering in the form of mineral decomposition, the clay minerals have probably arisen as the result of geological processes