2.0 PUBLICATIONS
2.1 Books and Monographs
2.2 Monographs
2.3 Peer-reviewed papers
2.4 Other publications
2.5 Thesis / Dissertation
2.1 Books (author or editor)
Ólafur Gestur Arnalds 2023. Mold ert þú - jarðvegur og íslensk náttúra. IÐNÚ útgáfa, Reykjavík. Bókin fékk viðurkenningu Hagþenkis 2023 (Hagþenkir Award 2023 for scholarly and/or teching publication). moldin.is. „Earth Art Thou – soils and Icelandic nature – in Icelandic, wealth of photos and illustrations).
Arnalds O. 2015 The Soils of Iceland. World Soils Book Series, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
Arnalds O, A.L. Aradóttir 2025. To read and heal the land. Part I, Land Condition (preliminary edition). PDF
Ólafur Arnalds, Ása L. Aradottir 2015. Að lesa og lækna landið (To Read and Heal the Land). Landvernd, Landgræðslan og Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands. In Icelandic. PDF
Arnalds O, Bartoli F, Buurman P, Garcia Rodeja E. Oskarsson H, Stoops G (eds.) 2007. Soils of Volcanic Regions in Europe. Springer, Heidelberg, 644 p.
A. Imeson, O. Arnalds, L. Montanarella, A. Arnoldussen, S. van Asselen, L. Dorren, M. Curfs, D. del Rosa. 2006. Soil Conservation and Protection in Europe (SCAPE). The Way Ahead. SCAPE , Amsterdam, the Netherlands. (www.scape.org). Chinese translation of the original In 2011: Changjiang Press/ Yangtze Press/ European Union.
Arnalds O, Stahr K (eds.). 2004. Volcanic Soils Resources: Occurrence, Development and Properties. Catena special issue 56, 261 p. Elsevier.
Arnalds O, Þórarinsdóttir E, Metúsalemsson S, Jónsson A, Grétarsson E, Arnór A 2001. Soil Erosion in Iceland. Soil Conservation Service and Agricultural Research Institute, Reykjavik, 155 p. Original edition in Icelandic, 1997. PDF Also published in German
Arnalds O, Archer S (eds.). 2000. Rangeland Desertification. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 209 p.
Arnalds O, Archer S (eds.)1999. Case Studies of Rangeland Desertification. Proceedings from an International Workshop in Iceland. Rala Report no. 200. Agricultural Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland. 159 p.
Ólafur Arnalds O, Elín Fjóla Þórarinsdóttir, Sigmar Metúsalemsson, Ásgeir Jónsson, Einar Grétarsson, Arnór Árnason 1997. Jarðvegsrof á Íslandi (Soil Erosion in Iceland) . Landgræðsla ríkisins og Rannsóknastofnun landbúnaðarins, Reykjavík, 157 bls. In Icelandic PDF
Ólafur Arnalds 1997. Að lesa landið (To Read the Land). Agricultural Research Institute and Soil Conservation Service. 36 pp. Printed in 15 000 copies and distributed free of charge. PDF
Derivates of "To Read the Land" published in Norwegian and Faroeish in 2006-2007, edited by Gunnar Bjarnason et al. "At læse landskabet" and "At lese landed". TemNord 2006: 586, Norden, Nordisk Ministerrad.
2.2 Monographs (selected – see also „other“)
Ólafur Arnalds 2020. Ástand lands og hrun íslenskra vistkerfa. Rit LbhÍ nr. 130. PDF (Land condition and the collapse of Icelandic ecosystems). Monograph, AUI Publication no 130. In Icelandic).
Ólafur Arnalds, Jón Guðmundsson 2020. Loftslag, kolefni og mold. (Climate, carbon and soil Rit LbhÍ nr 133. (Climate, carbon and soil). Monograph, AUI Publication no 133. In Icelandic). PDF
Ólafur Arnalds 2019. Á röngunni. Alvarlegir hnökrar á framkvæmd landnýtingarþáttar gæðastýringar í sauðfjárrækt (Perverse development of environmental subsidy incentives for sheep production in Iceland. AUI publication no 118 (Rit LbhÍ nr 118). Monograph, in Icelandic. PDF
Ólafur Arnalds, Ása L. Aradóttir, Kristín Svavarsdóttir (ristj./eds) 2010. Gróðurrannsóknir vegna hættu á áfoki frá Hálslóni (Vegetation Research in relation to erosion threats from the Hálslón reservoir in East Iceland). Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands, Rit LbhÍ nr. 27, 113 bls. In Icelandic. PDF
2.3 Peer-reviewed papers (not a full list)
S Sanchez, Arnalds O, Dahlgren RA, Thorsson J, Aradottir A 2026. Colloidal and dust controls of soil processes and properties associated with birch woodland restoration in Icelandic Andisols. XXXXXX. In review.
O Arnalds 2026. Vitrisols in Iceland. Review of their classification and properties. Icelandic and Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 39:57-74. www.ias.is https://doi.org/10.16886/IAS.2026.05
S Sanchez, O Arnalds, J Thorsson, R Dahlgren, ÁL Aradóttir 2025. Soil carbon stocks of regenerating Icelandic native birch woodlands: Effects of space and time. Science of the Total Environment 958, 1780673. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.17806
Arnalds O, Watanabe T, Deckers J, Siebe C 2024. Andosols. Lecture Notes. WRB Documentation Centre, IUSS WRB Working Group webpage and KU-Leuven soil monolith webpage.
https://ees.kuleuven.be/soil-monoliths/wrb-documentation-centre/wrb-reference-soil-groups/ANDOSOLS-Lecture-notes.pdf
Salazar A, Gunnlaugsdottir EG, Jonsdottir IS, Klupar I, Ruth-Phoebe T, Arnalds O, Andrésson O. 2024. Increased biocrust cover and activity in the highlands of Iceland after five growing seasons of experimental warming. Plant and Soil 1573-5036. DOI: 10.1007/s11104-024-06900-7
Ólafur Arnalds, Bryndís Marteinsdóttir, Jóhann Þórsson og Sigmundur Helgi Brink 2023. A framework model for current land condition in Iceland. PLoS ONE 18(7): e0287764. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287764 PDF
Baldo C, Formenti P, Di Biagio C, Lu G, Song C, Cazaunau M, Pangui E, Doussin J-F, Dagsson-Waldhauserova P, Arnalds O, Beddows D, MacKenzie AR, Shi Z 2023. Complex refractive index and single scattering albedo of Icelandic dust in the shortwave spectrum. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 23: 7975-8000, doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-2974-2023
Rodriguez‑Martinez, S. Ólafur Arnalds, Jón Guðmundsson, María Svavarsdóttir, Fanney Ó. Gísladóttir, Ólafur K. Nielsen and Ismael Galván 2023. Exposure to sulfur in soil explains pigmentation by pheomelanin in birds inhabiting Iceland. Journal of Ornithology (2023) 164:639–649. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-023-02051-1.
Isabel Barrio, Ólafur Arnalds 2022. Agricultural land degradation and ecosystem collapse in Iceland. Í: P. Pereira, I. Bogunovic, M. Munoz Rojas and W. Zhao (eds.), Global Agricultural Land Degradation, Volume I, The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. doi.org/10.1007/698_2022_920
Tarek Zaqout, Hrund Ólöf Andradóttir, Olafur Arnalds 2022. Infiltration capacity in urban areas undergoing frequent snow and freeze–thaw cycles: Implications on sustainable urban drainage systems. Journal of Hydrology 607 (2022) 127495 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127495
Owczarek P, Pavla Dagsson-Waldhauserova , M. Opała-Owczarek, K Migała, Ólafur Arnalds, RJ. Schaetzl 2022. Anatomical changes in dwarf shrub roots provide insight into aeolian erosion rates in northeastern Iceland. Geoderma 428: 116173.
Cvetkovic B, Dagsson-Waldhauserová P, Petkovic S, Arnalds Ó, Madonna F, Proestakis E, Gkikas A,Vukovic Vimic A, Pejanovic G, Rosoldi M, Ceburnis D, Amiridis V, Lisá L, Nickovic S, Nikolic J, 2022. Fully Dynamic High–Resolution Model for Dispersion of Icelandic Airborne Mineral Dust. Atmosphere 13(9): 1345.
Meinander O, Pavla Dagsson-Waldhauserova, P Amosov, E Aseyeva, C Atkins, A Baklanov, C Baldo, SL Barr, B Barzycka, LG Benning, B Cvetkovic, P Enchilik, D Frolov, S Gassó, K Kandler, N Kasimov, Jan Kavan, J King, T Koroleva, V Krupskaya, M Kulmala, M Kusiak, HK Lappalainen, M Laska, J Lasne, MLewandowski, B Luks, JB McQuaid, B Moroni, B Murray, O Möhler, A Nawrot, S Nickovic, NT O’Neill, G Pejanovic, O Popovicheva, K Ranjbar, Manolis Romanias, O Samonova, A Sanchez- Marroquin, K Schepanski, I Semenkov, A Sharapova, E Shevnina, Zongbo Shi, M Sofiev, F Thevenet, Throstur Thorsteinsson, M Timofeev, N Silas Umo, A Uppstu, D Urupina, G Varga, T Werner, Olafur Arnalds, Ana Vukovic Vimic. 2022. Newly identified climatically and environmentally significant high-latitude dust sources. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 22, 11889–11930, 2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-11889-2022
Sanchez-Marroquin A, O Arnalds, KJ Baustian-Dorsi, J Browse, P Dagsson-Waldhauserova, AD Harrison, EC Maters, KJ Pringle, J Vergara-Temprado, IT Burke, JB McQuaid, KS. Carslaw and BJ Murray 2020. Iceland is an episodic source of atmospheric ice-nucleating particles relevant for mixed-phase clouds. Science Advances 6: eaba8137 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba8137
Baldo C, P Formenti, S Nowak, S Chevaillier, M Cazaunau, E Pangui, C Di Biagio, J-F Doussin, K Ignatyev, PDagsson Waldhauserova, O Arnalds, AR MacKenzie, Z Shi 2020. Distinct chemical and mineralogical composition of Icelandic dust compared to North African and Asian dust. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2020-437
Olafur Arnalds 2019. Development of Perverse Environmental Subsides for Sheep Production in Iceland. Agricultural Sciences 10, 1135 1151. https://doi.org/10.4236/as.2019.109086. PDF
Ólafur Arnalds, Pavla Dagsson-Waldhauserová, Sigmundur Helgi Brink 2019. Sandauðnir, sandfok, og ryk á Íslandi - II. Áfok og ryk. Náttúrufræðingurinn 89:132-145. PDF. In Icelandic, English summary. Review on aeolian environment.
Ólafur Arnalds, Elín Fjóla Þórarinsdóttir, Fanney Ósk Gísladóttir 2019. Sandauðnir, sandfok, og ryk á Íslandi - I. Sandar og fok. Náttúrufræðingurinn 89:35-47. PDF. n Icelandic, English summary. Review on aeolian environment.
Hunziker M, Ó Arnalds, NJ Kuhn 2019. Evaluating the carbon sequestration potential of volcanic soils in southern Iceland after birch afforestation. Soil 5:223-238.
Lilja Jóhannesdóttir, Jennifer A Gillc, José A Alves, Sigmundur H Brink, Ólafur Arnalds, Verónica Méndez, Tómas Grétar Gunnarsson 2019. Interacting effects of agriculture and landscape on breeding wader populations. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 272: 246–253
Ólafur Arnalds, Veronique Maria 2019. Soil Genesis. A Dialogue for Creation. In: Dialogues on Soil and Art in the Anthropocene (A. Toland, JS Noller, G Wessolek eds). CRC Press / Francis Taylor, New York. pp. 127-135. (Poems on soils plus visual artwork). Example here
Boy M and >60 more authors 2019. Interactions between the atmosphere, cryosphere, and ecosystems at northern high latitudes. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 2015–2061, 2019 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-2015-2019
B. Moroni, Olafur Arnalds, Pavla Dagsson-Waldhauserová, S Crocchianti, R Vivani, D Cappelletti 2018. Mineralogical and Chemical Records of Icelandic Dust Sources Upon Ny-Ålesund (Svalbard Islands). Frontiers in Earth Science 6: doi: 10.3389/feart.2018.00187
Groot Zwaaftink CD, Arnalds O, Dagsson-Waldhauserova P, Eckhardt S, Prospero JM, Stohl A 2017. Temporal and spatial variability of Icelandic dust emissions and atmospheric transport. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 17, 10865-10878. DOI:10.5194/acp-17-10865-2017.
Wittmann M, Groot Zwaaftink CD, Steffensen Schmidt L, Guðmundsson S, Pálsson F, Arnalds O, Björnsson H, Thorsteinsson T, Stohl A 2017. Impact of dust deposition on the albedo of Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland. The Cryosphere 11, 741-754. DOI: 10.5194/tc-11-741-2017.
Pavla Dagsson-Waldhauserova, Arnalds O, Olafsson H 2017. Long term dust aerosol production from natural sources in Iceland. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 67, 2, 173-181. DOI:10.1080/10962247.2013.805703.
Halldórsson G, Ágústsdóttir AM, Aradóttir ÁL, Arnalds Ó, Nilsson C, Óskarsson H, Mortensen L, Pagneux E, Pilli-Sihvola K, Raulund-Rasmussen K, Svavarsdóttir K, and Tolvanen A 2017. Ecosystem Restoration for Mitigation of Natural Disasters. TemaNord 2017:546.
Arnalds O, Oskarsson H, Gudmundsson J, Brink SH, Gisladottir FO 2016. Icelandic inland wetlands: Characteristics and extent of draining. Wetlands 36:759-769. Open access. PDF Review paper.
Arnalds O, Dagsson-Waldhauserova P, Olafsson H.2016. The Icelandic volcanic aeolian environment: Processes and impacts - A review. Aeolian Research 20, 176-195. PDF . Review paper
Dagsson-Waldhauserova P, Magnusdottir AÖ, Olafsson H, Arnalds O 2016. The spatial variation of dust particulate matter concentrations during two Icelandic dust storms in 2015. Atmosphere 2016 7, 77 PDF (open access)
Meinander O, Dagsson-Waldhauserova P, Arnalds O 2016. Icelandic volcanic dust can have a significant influence on the cryosphere in Greenland and elsewhere. Polar Research 35. http://www.polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/31313/47957
Olafur Arnalds 2016. Sauðfjárbeit og íslensk vistkerfi: Afneitun vanda. Náttúrufræðingurinn 86:3-4. Leiðari. Sheep grazing and Icelandic ecosystems: Problem denial. The Naturalist. Editorial. In Icelandic. PDF
Gunnarsson TG, Arnalds O, Appleton G, Méndez V, Gill JA 2015. Ecosystem recharge by volcanic dust drives broad-scale variation in bird abundance. Ecology and Evolution 5: 2386 2396. doi:10.1002/ece3.1523 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.1523/abstract (open access)
Dagsson-Waldhauserova P, Arnalds O, Olafsson H. Hladil J, Skala R, Chadimova L, Meinander O. 2015. Snow-Dust Storm: Unique case study from Iceland, March 6-7, 2013. Aeolian Research 16, 69-74.
JI Peltoniemi, M Gritsevich, T Hakala, P Dagsson-Waldhauserová, Ó Arnalds, K Anttila, H-R Hannula, N Kivekäs, H Lihavainen, O Meinander, J Svensson, A Virkkula G de Leeuw 2015. Soot on snow experiment: bidirectional reflectance factor measurements of contaminated snow. The Cryosphere 9, 2323-2337, http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/2323/2015/ LINK
Tanner LH, Vivison M, Arnalds O, Svavarsdottir K 2015. Soil Carbon Accumulation and CO2 Flux in Experimental Restoration Plots, Southern Iceland: Comparing Soil Treatment Strategies. Applied and Environmental Soil Science 2015:205846, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/205846
Arnalds O, Olafsson H, Dagsson-Waldhauserova P 2014. Quantification of iron-rich volcanogenic dust emissions and deposition over ocean from Icelandic dust sources. Biogeosciences 11, 6623-6632. www.biogeosciences.net/11/6623/2014/ doi:10.5194/bg-11-6623-20145941–5967, 2014.
Dagsson-Waldhauserova P, Arnalds O, Olafsson H, 2014. Long-term variability of dust events in Iceland. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 14,13411 13422. DOI:10.5194/acp-14-13411-2014
Johannesdottir L, Arnalds O, Brink S, Gunnarsson TG. 2014. Identifying important bird habitats in a sub-arctic area undergoing rapid land-use change. Bird Study 61, 544-552; doi: 10.1080/00063657.2014.962481.
Dagsson-Waldhauserova P, Arnalds O, Olafsson H, Skrabalova L, Sigurdardottir GM, Branis M, Hladil J, Skala R, Navratil T, Chadimova L, S von Lowis of Menar, Thorsteinsson Th, Carlsen HK and Jonsdottir I. 2014. Physical properties of suspended dust during moist and low wind conditions in Iceland. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences, 27, 25-39. PDF
Arnalds O . 2013. The influence of volcanic tephra (ash) on ecosystems. Advances in Agronomy 121: 331-380. Invited review.
Aradottir AL, Petursdottir Th, Halldorsson G, Svavarsdottir K, Arnalds O 2013. Drivers of restoration — lessons from a century of restoration in Iceland: a review. Ecology and Society 18: PDF, Doi: 10.5751/ES-05946-180433
Dagsson-Waldhauserova P, Arnalds O, Olafsson H. 2013. Long-term frequency and characteristics of dust storm events in Northeast Iceland (1949-2011). Atmospheric Environment: 77:117-127.
Petursdottir Th, Arnalds O, Baker S, Montanarella L, Aradóttir AL. 2013 A Social-Ecological System Approach to Analyze Stakeholders Interactions within a Large-Scale Rangeland Restoration programme. Ecology and Society 18(2): 29. http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-05399-180229.
Arnalds O, Thorarinsdottir EF, Thorsson J, Dagsson Waldhauserova P, Agustsdottir AM 2013. An extreme wind erosion event of the fresh Eyjafjallajökull 2010 volcanic ash. Nature Scientific Reports 3:1257. DOI: 10.1038/srep01257. PDF
Arnalds O, Orradottir B, Aradottir AL. 2013. Carbon accumulation in Icelandic desert Andosols during early stages of restoration. Geoderma 193-194:172-179.
Dagsson-Waldhauserova P, Arnalds O, Olafsson H. 2013. Long term dust aerosol production from natural sources in Iceland. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 00, 1-8. DOI:10.1080/10962247.2013.805703.
Óskarsson BV, Riishuus MS, Arnalds O 2012. Climate-dependent chemical weathering of volcanic soils in Iceland. Geoderma 189-190:635-651.
Sæmundsson Th, Arnalds O, Kneisel C, Jonsson HP, Decaulne A 2012. The Orravatnsrustir palsa site in Central Iceland – Palsas in an aeolian sedimentation environment. Geomorphology 167-168: 13-20.
Thorarinsdottir EF, Arnalds O 2012. Wind erosion of volcanic materials in the Hekla area, South Iceland. Aeolian Research 4:39-50.
Arnalds O, Gisladottir FO, Orradottir B 2012. Determination of aeolian transport rates of volcanic soils in Iceland. Geomorphology 167-168: 4-12.
Mangold N, Baratoux D, Arnalds O, Bardintzeff J-M, Platevoet B, Grégoire M, Pinet P. 2011. Segregation of olivine grains in volcanic sands in Iceland and implications for Mars. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 310 (3-4): 233-243.
Baratoux D, Mangold N, Arnalds O, Bardintzeff J-M, Platevoet B, Grégorie M, Pinet P 2011. Volcanic sands of Iceland – Diverse origins of aeolian sand deposits revealed at Dyngjusandur and Lambahraun. Earth Surface Process and Landforms, xxxx DOI:10.1002/esp.2201.
Einarsson E, Arnalds O 2011. Vegetation and soils of the Thingvallavatn catchment. In: (Pétur M. Jónasson og Páll Hersteinsson eds.) Thingvallavatn. A World Heritage Site. Opna, Reykjavík. pp. 74-92.
McDaniel PA, Lowe DJ, Arnalds O, Ping C-L. 2011. Andisols. In: P.M. Huang, L. Yuncong og M.E. Sumner (eds), Handbook of Soil Sciences. Properties and Processes. Second Edition. CRC, Press, Boca Raton, Florida, pp 33-29 - 33-48. PDF
Arnalds O. 2010. Dust sources and deposition of aeolian materials in Iceland. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences 23:3-21. PDF
Guicharnaud R, Arnalds O, Paton GI 2010. Short term changes of microbial processes in Icelandic soils to increasing temperatures. Biogeosciences 7:671-682. PDF
Guicharnaud R, Arnalds O, Paton G. 2010. The effect of season and management practices on soil microbiological activities undergoing nitrogen treatments – interpretation from microcosm to field scale. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences 23:123-134. PDF
Arnalds O, Óskarsson H 2009. Íslenskt jarðvegskort (Soil map of Iceland). Nátturufræðingurinn 78:107-121. English summary. PDF
Guicharnaud R, O. Arnalds, G.I. Paton 2009. The sensitivity of microbial processes in Icelandic soils to increasing temperatures. Biogeosciences Discussions 6:6749-6780.
Arnalds O 2008. Soils of Iceland, Jökull (Icelandic Journal of Earth Sciences) 58:409-421. PDF
Orradóttir B, SR Archer, O Arnalds, LP Wilding, TL Thurow. 2008. Infiltration in Icelandic Andisols: The role of vegetation and soil frost. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, 40:412-421
Stoops G, M Gérard, O Arnalds 2008. A micromorphological study of Andosl genesis in Iceland. In: Kapur, S., A. Mermut, and G. Stoops (eds). New Trends in Micromorphology. Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 67-90.
Arnalds O 2008. Andosols. In. W. Chesworth (ed): Encyclopedia of Soil Science. Springer, Dordrecth, the Netherlands. Pp 39-46.
Arnalds O, Óskarsson H 2007. Icelandic Volcanic Soil Resources. In: Soils of Volcanic Regions in Europe. Ó Arnalds, F Bartoli, P Buurman, H Óskarsson, G Stoops, E García Rodeja (eds), pp 43-50.
O Arnalds O, F Bartoli, P Buurman, E Garcia-Rodeja, J Hernandes-Morenao, H Oskarsson, J Pinheiro, P Quantin, G Stoops, F Terribile, F van Oort Preface 2007. In: Soils of Volcanic Regions in Europe. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg/New York. Pp v-vii.
O Arnalds, F Bartoli, P Buurman, E Garcia-Rodeja, J Hernandes-Morenao, H Oskarsson, J Pinheiro, P Quantin, G Stoops, F Terribile, F van Oort o.fl. (eds.).
Arnalds O 2007. Introduction to Section I. European Volcanic Soil Resources. In: Soils of Volcanic Regions in Europe. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg/New York. Ólafur Arnalds, F. Bartoli, P. Buurman, Hlynur Óskarsson, Georges Stoops, Eduardo García Rodeja (editors). pp 1-4.
Arnalds O 2006. Iceland. In: Soil Erosion in Europe. Boardman J, J Poesen (eds). Wiley, New York, pp 43-55.
Arnalds O 2006. The future of Soil Science. In: The Future of Soil Science. AE Hartemink (ed). International Union of Soil Science. Wageningen, the Netherlands, pp 4-6.
Gisladottir FO, Arnalds O, Gisladottir G 2005. The effect of landscape and retreating glaciers on wind erosion in South Iceland. Land Degradation & Development 16:177-187.
Sigurgeirsson MA, O Arnalds, SE Palsson, BH Howard, K. Gudnason 2005. Radiocaesium fallout behaviour in volcanic soils in Iceland. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 79:39-53. PDF
O Arnalds 2005. Icelandic soils. In: Iceland – Modern Processes and Past Environments. Eds. C Caseldine, A Russell, J Harðardóttir, Ó Knudsen. Developments in Quaternary Science 6, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 309-318.
Arnalds O, S. Metúsalemsson 2004. Sandfok á Suðurlandi 5. október 2004. Náttúrufræðingurinn 72:90-92. PDF
Arnalds O 2004. Volcanic soils of Iceland. Catena 56:3-20.
Óskarsson H, Ó Arnalds, J Guðmundsson, G Guðbergsson 2004. Organic carbon in Icelandic Andosols: geographical variation and impact of erosion. Catena 56:225-238.
Arnalds O 2004. Andisols in Iceland. Encyclopedia of Soil Science, 1-6.
Arnalds O, BH 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. PDF
Arnalds O, SR. Gíslason 2002. Validity of oxalate extraction for characterization and Al/Si calculations for vitric Andosols. Mainzer Naturwissenschaft Archiv 40:13-14.
Ása L. Aradóttir and Ólafur Arnalds 2002. Ecosystem degradation and restoration of birch woodlands in Iceland. In: Nordic Mountain Birch Ecosystems. F.E. Wielgolaski (ed.). UNESCO/MAP Book Series Vol. 27: 293-306. Parthenon Publ. Group, London. PDF
Eyþór Einarsson, Ólafur Arnalds 2002. Gróður og jarðvegur á vatnasviði Þingvallavatns. Í: Þingvallavatn. Pétur M. Jónasson and Páll Hersteinsson (Ed.). Mál og Menning, pp. 67-85.
Ólafur Arnalds, Ása L. Aradóttir, Grétar Guðbergsson 2002. Organic carbon sequestration by restoration of degraded areas in Iceland. In: Agricultural Practices and Policies for Carbon Sequestration in Soil. JM Kimble, R Lal, et al,. (eds). CRC Press, New York, pp. 267-280.
Ólafur Arnalds, John Kimble 2001. Andisols of deserts in Iceland. Soil Science Society of America Journal 65:1778-1786. PDF
Ólafur Arnalds, Fanney Ó. Gísladóttir, Hjalti Sigurjónssonandy 2001 Deserts of Iceland. An overview. Journal of Arid Environments 47:359-371.
Olafur Arnalds 2000. The Icelandic “rofabard” soil erosion features. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 25:17-28.
Ólafur Arnalds, Grétar Guðbergsson, Jón Guðmundsson. Carbon sequestration and reclamation of severely degraded soils in Iceland. Búvísindi (Icelandic Agricultural Science) 13:87-97.
Arnalds O 2000.Desertification, an appeal for a broader perspective. In: Rangeland Desertification. O Arnalds, S Archer (eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, pp.5-15.
Arnalds O, S. Archer 2000. Introduction. In: Rangeland Desertification. 2000. O. Arnalds, S. Archer (eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands. pp. 1-4.
Arnalds O 1999. Soils and soil erosion in Iceland. In: Proceedings of the 5 th International Symposium on the Geochemistry of the Earth’s Surface. Invited paper. 1999. (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, RJA Jones, L Montanarella (eds.). Invited paper. EU-Joint Research Center, Ispra, Italy, pp. 91-96.
Arnalds O, S Archer 1999. Introduction. In: Case Studies of Rangeland Desertification. Proceedings from an International Workshop in Iceland. 1999. Rala Report no. 200. O. Arnalds, S. Archer (eds.). Agricultural Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland.
I Strachan, O Arnalds, Friðrik Pálmason, Halldór Þorgeirsson, Bjarni D. Sigurðsson, Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir, G Novoselac. Soils of the Gunnarsholt experimental plantation. Búvísindi (Icelandic Agricultural Sciences) 12:27-38.
Ólafur Arnalds 1997. Desertification in Iceland. Desertification Control Bulletin 32: 22-24.
Friðrik Pálmason, Halldór Þorgeirsson, Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir, Hólmgeir Björnsson, Ólafur Arnalds 1996. Niturlosun í jarðvegi (Nitrogen mineralization in soil). Búvísindi (Icelandic Agricultural Sciences) 10: 185-208. In Icelandic, English summary.
Ólafur Arnalds, CT Hallmark, LP Wilding 1995. Andisols from four different regions of Iceland. Soil Science Society of America Journal 59:161-169.
Ólafur Arnalds 1994. Leir í íslenskum jarðvegi (Clays in Icelandic soils). Náttúrufræðingurinn (Naturalist). 1994, 63:73-85. InIcelandic, extended English summary.
Ólafur Arnalds 1994. Kortlagning á jarðvegsrofi. AVS (arkitektúr, verktækni, skipulag) 15:65-68.
Ingvi Þorsteinsson, Ólafur Arnalds 1992. The vegetation and soils of the Thingvallavatn area. Oikos 64:105-116.
K Wada, Ólafur Arnalds, Y Kakuto, LP Wilding, CT Hallmark 1992. Clay minerals of four soils formed in eolian and tephra materials in Iceland. Geoderma. 52:351-365.
Ólafur Arnalds, NH Cutshall, GA Nielsen. Cesium 137 in Montana soils. Health Physics 57:955-958.
Ólafur Arnalds. Uppgræðsla, hugtök, markmið og árangur. In Icelandic, English summary. Náttúrufræðingurinn (The Naturalist) 58:81-85.
Ólafur Arnalds 1988. Jarðvegur á ógrónu landi. In Icelandic, English summary. Náttúrufræðingurinn (The Naturalist) 58:101-116.
Ólafur Arnalds, Ása L. Aradóttir and Ingvi Þorsteinsson 1987. The nature and restoration of denuded areas in Iceland. Arctic and Alpine Research 19:518-525.
2.3 Other / Annað (Mostly Icelandic)
2019. Hagavatn, Læmi og Sandvatn hið Forna. Uppfok og sandfok. 2. útg. (endurskoðuð útgáfa). Ólafur Arnalds, Sigmundur Helgi Brink, Pavla Dagsson-Waldhauserová og María Svavarsdóttir. Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands. Unnið fyrir Mannvit og Íslenska Vatnsorku. PDF. (Hlaðið niður úr Skipulagsgátt 2025.)
2011. Náttúrufar. Í: (Ása L. Aradóttir og Guðmundur Halldórsson ritstj.) Vistheimt á Íslandi. Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands og Landgræðsla ríkisins, Reykjavík, bls 14-18. Ólafur Arnalds.
2011. Rask á Íslandi. Í: (Ása L. Aradóttir og Guðmundur Halldórsson ritstj.) Vistheimt á Íslandi. Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands og Landgræðsla ríkisins, Reykjavík, bls 19-23. Ólafur Arnalds.
2011. Restoration in Iceland. Í: (Ása L. Aradóttir og Guðmundur Halldórsson ritstj.) Vistheimt á Íslandi. Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands og Landgræðsla ríkisins, Reykjavík, bls. 9-11. Guðmundur Halldórsson, Ása L. Aradóttir, Ólafur Arnalds og Kristín Svavarsdóttir.
2011. Vistheimtarrannsóknir – yfirlit. Í: (Ása L. Aradóttir og Guðmundur Halldórsson ritstj.) Vistheimt á Íslandi. Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands og Landgræðsla ríkisins, Reykjavík, bls. 112-127. Ása L. Aradóttir, Guðmundur Halldórsson, Kristín Svavarsdóttir og Ólafur Arnalds.
2011. Landbót – Vistland. Í: (Ása L. Aradóttir og Guðmundur Halldórsson ritstj.) Vistheimt á Íslandi. Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands og Landgræðsla ríkisins, Reykjavík, bls. 128-132. Ólafur Arnalds, Guðmundur Halldórsson, Ása L. Aradóttir, Kristín Svavarsdóttir og Berglind Orradóttir.
2011. Kolbjörk – endurheimt birkivistkerfa og kolefnisbinding. Í: (Ása L. Aradóttir og Guðmundur Halldórsson ritstj.) Vistheimt á Íslandi. Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands og Landgræðsla ríkisins, Reykjavík, bls. 133-136. Guðmundur Halldórsson, Ása L. Aradóttir, Bjarni Diðrik Sigurðsson, Edda S. Oddsdóttir, Matthias Hunziker og Ólafur Arnalds.
2011. Nám i landgræðslufræðum við Landbúnaðarháskóla Íslands. Í: (Ása L. Aradóttir og Guðmundur Halldórsson ritstj.) Vistheimt á Íslandi. Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands og Landgræðsla ríkisins, Reykjavík, bls. 154-157. Ása L. Aradóttir, Ólafur Arnalds og Bjarni Diðrik Sigurðsson.
2011 Almenningar. Ástand jarðvegs og gróðurs. LbhÍ Ólafur Arnalds og Ása L. Aradóttir. PDF
2011. Dust plume sources in Iceland. Proceedings of CRAICC Annual Meeting 2011, Report Series in Aerosol Science 128:25-28. Olafur Arnalds.
2011. The in-situ observations of particle transport processes near Eyjafjallajökull volcanoe after the 2010 eruption. Proceedings of CRAICC Annual Meeting 2011. Report Series in Aerosol Science 128:47-50. Pavla Dagsson-Walderhauserova, Olafur Arnalds, Jóhann Þórsson og Elín Fjóla Þórarinsdóttir.
2011. Að rækta í íslenskri mold. Hvað er vandamálið? Garðyrkjuritið 2011:99-102. Ólafur Arnalds.
2011. Hvað varð um öskuna frá Eyjafjallajökli? Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2011:43-49. Ólafur Arnalds, Elín Fjóla Þórarinsdóttir, Jóhann Þórsson og Anna María Ágústsdóttir.
2010. Inngangur og forsenda verkefnis. Í: Ólafur Arnalds, Ása L. Aradóttir og Kristín Svavarsdóttir 2010 (ritstj.): Gróðurrannsóknir vegna hættu á áfoki frá Hálslóni. Rit LbhÍ nr. 27. bls. 5-13. Ólafur Arnalds
2010. Tilraunir til að styrkja hálendisgróður með áburðargjöf. Í: Ólafur Arnalds, Ása L. Aradóttir og Kristín Svavarsdóttir 2010 (ritstj.): Gróðurrannsóknir vegna hættu á áfoki frá Hálslóni. Rit LbhÍ nr. 27. bls. 15-58. Ása L. Aradóttir, Kristín Svavarsdóttir og Ólafur Arnalds.
2010. Sáning á melgresi og rýgresi. Í: Ólafur Arnalds, Ása L. Aradóttir og Kristín Svavarsdóttir 2010 (ritstj.): Gróðurrannsóknir vegna hættu á áfoki frá Hálslóni. Rit LbhÍ nr. 27. bls. 59-70. Ása L. Aradóttir, Kristín Svavarsdóttir og Ólafur Arnalds.
2010. Áfokstilraunir. Í: Ólafur Arnalds, Ása L. Aradóttir og Kristín Svavarsdóttir 2010 (ritstj.): Gróðurrannsóknir vegna hættu á áfoki frá Hálslóni. Rit LbhÍ nr. 27. bls. 89-110. Ása L. Aradóttir, Ólafur Arnalds og Harpa K. Einarsdóttir.
2010. Soil Atlas of the Northern Circumpolar Region. European Commission/JRC, Ispra Italy. 144 bls. Ólafur Arnalds er einn 24 höfunda bókarinnar (listaðir í stafrófsröð).
2010. Mælingar á foki á Landbótarsvæðinu á Geitasandi. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2010:361-364. Ólafur Arnalds og Berglind Orradóttir.
2010. Íslensk sandfokssvæði og áfok. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2010:272-278. Ólafur Arnalds.
2009. Vatnið á sandinum. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2009:265-270. Berglind Orradóttir og Ólafur Arnalds.
2009. Þróun jarðvegsþátta við uppgræðslu á Geitasandi. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2009:271-278. Ólafur Arnalds, Berglind Orradóttir og Brita Berglund.
2009. Áhrif áfoks á gróður við Hálslón og Blöndulón. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2009:359-361. Harpa Kristín Einarsdóttir, Ólafur Arnalds og Ása L. Aradóttir.
2009. KolBjörk endurheimt birkivistkerfa og kolefnisbinding. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2009:438-442. Guðmundur Halldórsson, Arnór Snorrason, Ása L. Aradóttir, Bjarni D. Sigurðsson, Edda S. Oddsdóttir, Ólafur Eggertsson, Páll Kolka og Ólafur Arnalds.
2009. Mælingar á vindrofi á Hólsfjöllum. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2009:448-452. Ólafur Arnalds og Fanney Gísladóttir.
2009. Orravatnsrústir á Hofsafrétti. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2009:457-460. Ólafur Arnalds og Þorsteinn Sæmundsson.
2009. Vindrof á Hekluskógasvæðinu. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2009:528-531. Elín Fjóla Þórarinsdóttir og Ólafur Arnalds.
2009. Vistheimt endurheimt skemmdra vistkerfa á Norðurlöndum. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2009:532-533. Guðmundur Halldórsson, Ása L. Aradóttir, Kristín Svavarsdóttir og Ólafur Arnalds.
2009. Mælingar á vindrofi á Hólsfjöllum. Rit LbhÍ nr. 25. 43 bls. Ólafur Arnalds og Fanney Ósk Gísladóttir.
2008. Wind erosion in Hólsfjöll, NE-Icland, and the role of the River Jökulsá á Fjöllum on aeolian transportation. Raunvísindaþing 2008, úrdrættir, bls 156. Anna Bragadóttir, Guðrún Gísladóttir og Ólafur Arnalds.
2008. Lýðheilsa og mold. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins, 2008:59-70. Ólafur Arnalds og Rannveig Guicharnaud
2007. Er "Núll losun" gróðurhúsalofttegunda möguleg á Íslandi ? Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2007:461-465. Ólafur Arnalds.
2007. Hlutdeild gróins lands á Íslandi. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2007:504-508. Björn Traustason, Ólafur Arnalds, Fanney Ósk Gísladóttir og Sigmar Metúsalemsson.
2007. Ísig - áhrif landgræðslu og árstíma. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2007:513-515. Berglind Orradóttir og Ólafur Arnalds.
2007. Umhverfisstyrkir. Nýjar leiðir í stuðningi við dreifbýli og landbúnað. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2007:597-601.Ólafur Arnalds.
2007. Jarðvegur á vatnasviðum höfuðborgarsvæðisins. Vötn og vatnasvið á höfuðborgarsvæðinu - ástand og horfur 2007:43-46. Veiðimálastofnun, Náttúrufræðistofa Kópavogs, Líffræðistofnun Háskólans og Jarðvísindastofnun Háskólans. Ólafur Arnalds og Hlynur Óskarsson.
2007. Soils and the Living Earth. International Forum Soils, Society & Global Change.
2007. Pp 8. Soil Conservation Service Iceland. Ólafur Arnalds.
2006. Skógarmold. In: Skógarbók Grænni skóga. Guðmundur Halldórsson (ed). Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands. Pp 76-80. Ólafur Arnalds
2006. Hálslón, styrking gróðurlendis og fleira II. Rannsóknir LbhÍ og Lr við Hálslón.
Skýrsla gefin út af Landbúnaðarháskóla Íslands, Landgræðslu ríkisins og Landsvirkjun. LV-2006/033. Ólafur Arnalds, Ása L. Aradóttir og Kristín Svavarsdóttir.
2006. Flakið í Búrfjöllum. Útivist 2006 5(1): 76-77. Ólafur Arnalds.
2006. Andrá ársins í hlíðum Úlfarsfells. Skógræktarritið 2006 (1):7-13. Ólafur Arnalds og Guðmundur Jóhannesson.
2006. Berglind Orradóttir, Ólafur Arnalds, Jóhann Þórsson. Ísig vatns í jarðveg: Áhrif gróðurs og frosts. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2006: 102-107.
2006. Berglind Orradóttir, Ólafur Arnalds. Áhrif gróðurs á yfirborðsstöðugleika. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2006: 264-267.
2006. Berglind Orradóttir, Ólafur Arnalds, Ása L. Aradóttir. Þróun vistkerfa við landgræðslu. Mælingarnar á Geitasandi. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2006: 268-272.
2006. Björn Traustason, Sigmar Metúsalemsson, Einar Grétarsson, Fanney Ósk Gísladóttir, Ólafur Arnalds.Gróðurmörk á Íslandi utan eldvirka beltisins. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2006: 295-298.
2006. Einar Grétarsson, Ólafur Arnalds, Sigmar Metúsalemsson, Fanney Ósk Gísladóttir, Björn Traustason.Búfjárfjöldi og landgæði. Dæmi um notkun gagnagrunns Nytjalands. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2006: 308-311.
2006. Fanney Ósk Gísladóttir, Einar Grétarsson, Sigmar Metúsalemsson, Björn Traustason, Ólafur Arnalds. Stærð bújarða á Íslandi. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2006: 312-316.
2006. Jón Guðmundsson, Hlynur Óskarsson, Ólafur Arnalds. Er vatn takmarkandi þáttur í landgræðslu?. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2006: 359-361.
2006. Rannveig Guicharnaud, Ólafur Arnalds, Graeme Paton. Næringarefnahringrás við ræktun á íslenskri eldfjallajörð. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2006: 399-403.
2006. Sigmar Metúsalemsson, Ólafur Arnalds, Fanney Ósk Gísladóttir, Einar Grétarsson, Björn Traustason.Landgæði bújarða með tilliti til gróðurfars. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2006: 406-409.
2006. Jón Guðmundsson, Ólafur Arnalds, Hlynur Óskarsson. Vatnsheldni mismunandi jarðvegsflokka. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2006: 362-364.
2005. Landbót. Tilraunastofan á sandinum. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2005:279-282. Ása L. Aradóttir, Guðmundur Halldórsson og Ólafur Arnalds.
2005. Land degradation and desertification in Iceland. In: Strategies, Science and Law for the Conservation of the World Soil Resources. Rit. LBHÍ nr. 4:61-65. Ólafur Arnalds.
2005. Knowledge and Policy making; premises, pardigms, and a sustanability index model. In: Strategies, Science and Law for the Conservation of the World Soil Resources. Rit. LBHÍ nr. 4:251-259. Ólafur Arnalds.
2005. Strategies, Science and Law for the Conservation of the World Soil Resources. Rit. LBHÍ nr. 4, 275 bls. Ábyrgð á útgáfu: Sanneke van Asselen, Ólafur Arnalds og Margrét Jónsdóttir.
2004. Volcanic Soil Resources in Europe, COST Action 622 final meeting. Abstracts. Rala Report no. 214,128 bls. Ritstjórar Hlynur Óskarsson og Ólafur Arnalds.
2004. Icelandic volcanic soils. In: Volcanic Soil Resources in Europe. Rala report no. 214:27-28. Hlynur Óskarsson and Ólafur Arnalds (editors). Ólafur Arnalds.
2004. Distribution and bioavailability of heavy metals in Icelandic Soils. In: Volcanic Soil Resources in Europe. Rala report no. 214:97-98. Hlynur Óskarsson and Ólafur Arnalds (editors). Julian J.C. Dawson, Ólafur Arnalds and Graeme I. Paton.
2004. Distribution, bioavailability and behavior of persistent organic pollutants in Andosols: with specific reference to Iceland. In: Volcanic Soil Resources in Europe. Rala report no. 214:108-109. Hlynur Óskarsson and Ólafur Arnalds (editors). Graeme I. Paton, C.J. Paterson, Alan Winton, Tinnakorn Tiensing, Ólafur Arnalds and Julian J.C. Dawson
2004. Hin Íslenska jarðvegsauðlind. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2004 :94-102. Ólafur Arnalds.
2003. Landnýting og vistvæn framleiðsla sauðfjárafurða (Land use and sustainable sheep grazing). Fjölrit Rala nr. 211. 38 bls. Ólafur Arnalds, Jóhann Þórsson og Elín Fjóla Þórarinsdóttir.
2002. Gróður og jarðvegur á Þingvallasvæðinu (Vegetation and soils of the Thingvallavatn area. In: Þingvallavatn. Pétur M. Jónasson and Páll Hersteinsson (Ed.). Mál og Menning. p. 67-85. Eyþór Einarsson og Ólafur Arnalds.
2002. Nytjaland – Jarðabók Íslands. Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins 2002:30-31. Ólafur Arnalds, Fanney Gísladóttir, Einar Grétarsson og Sigmar Metúsalemsson
2002. Basaltic glass dissolution. Abstracts. The Fall Meeting of the Icelandic Geological Society, dedicated to the seventieth birthday of Guðmundur Sigvaldason, 2002: 21-24. Jarðfræðifélagið, Reykjavík. S.R. Gíslason, E. H. Oelkers, D. Wolff-Boenischand and Ó. Arnalds.
2002. Estimating Cs-137 fallout inventories in Iceland from precipitation data. In (S.E. Pálsson, Ed.): Summaries of studes carried out in the NKS/BOK-2 project, Technical Report. pp 33-39. S. Pálsson, Ó. Arnalds, M.Á. Sigurgeirsson, K. Guðnason, B.J. Howard, S. W. Wright, and Þ. Pálsdóttir.
2002. Radiocaesium (Cs-137) fallout in Icelan and its behaviour in Sub-Arctic volcanic soils. In (S.E. Pálsson, Ed.): Summaries of studes carried out in the NKS/BOK-2 project, Technical Report. pp 40-44. M.Á Sigurgeirsson, Ó. Arnalds, S.E. Pálsson and K. Guðnason.
2002. Cs-137 fallout inventories in Iceland – estimating deposition from precipitation data. Radioprotection 37. C1:1223-1228. S.E. Pálsson, Ó. Arnalds, M.A. Sigurgeirsson, K. Gudnason, B.J. Howard, S.M. Wright and Th. Pálsdóttir
2002. Behaviour of radiocaesium fallout in volcanic soils in Iceland. Proceedings from the 5th international conference on environmental radioactivity in the Arcic and Antarctic, 294-296 pp. Magnús Á. Sigurgeirsson, Ólafur Arnalds, Sigurður Emil Pálsson, Kjartan Guðnason og Brenda J. Howard.
2001. Cs-137 fallout in Iceland, model predictions an measurements. Proceedings of the 8th Nordic Seminar on Radioecology, Rovaniemi, bls. 34-38. Sigurður Emil Pálsson, Ólafur Arnalds, Íris Anna Karlsdóttir, Þóranna Pálsdóttir, Magnús Á Sigurgeirsson og Kjartan Guðnason.
2001. Hálslón. Jarðvegur og jarðvegsrof. The Halslon-resevoir. Soils and soil erosion. Rala, 66 pages. Ólafur Arnalds and Fanney Gísladóttir.
2000. Rannsóknir á kolefnisbindingu í landgræðslu og skógrækt (Carbon sequestration research). Ráðunautafundur Rala og B.Í. 2000. Ólafur Arnalds.
1999. Nytjaland. Landupplýsingavefur landbúnaðarins (The new digital Icelandic database of Icelandic farms) Ráðunautafundur Rala og BÍ 1999:1-6. Ólafur Arnalds.
1999. Measurement of eolian processes on sandy surfaces in Iceland. Rala Report no. 201. Agricultural Research Institute. 27 p. Hjalti. Sigurjónsson, Fanney Gísladóttir and Ólafur Arnalds. PDF
1999. Organic carbon sequestration by restoration of severely degraded areas in Iceland. Rala Report 197. 19 pp. Ólafur Arnalds, Ása L. Aradóttir, Arnór Snorrason, Grétar Guðbergsson, Þorbergur Hjalti Jónsson, and Anna María Ágústsdóttir.
1998. Sandur – Sandfok (Sand and eolian processes). Græðum Ísland (Icelandic SCS Yearbook) VI:69-82. Ólafur Arnalds.
1994. Soil conservation, The RALA-Lr. Soil Erosion mapping program. RALA Report no 168. Ólafur Arnalds and Sigmar Metúsalemsson.
1994. Holklaki, þúfur og beit (Cryoturbation, hummocks and grazing). Græðum Ísland (Icelandic SCS Yearbook) V:115-120. Ólafur Arnalds.
1994. Sukksöm fjölskylda: rofabörðin við Djúphóla (Measurment of erosion rate at the Djúphólar rofabards). Græðum Ísland (Icelandic SCS Yearbook) V:39-44. Ólafur Arnalds og Ómar Ragnarsson.
1994. Kortlagning á jarðvegsrofi (Soil erosion survey). AVS:15:65-68. Ólafur Arnalds
1994. Environmental change and energy balance studies during succession of a poplar plantation on an exposed site in Gunnarsholt, S. Iceland: Status report 1991. Fjölrit Rannsóknastöðvar S.r. IFRS Report, 8: 32 pp. In Icelandic, extended English summary. Guðríður Gyða Eyjólfsdóttir, Ása L. Aradóttir, Halldór Þorgeirsson, Ólafur Arnalds, and Jón Guðmundsson.
1993. Jarðvegsvernd. (Soil Conservation). Freyr 17/1993:591-597. Ólafur Arnalds og Sigmar Metúsalemsson.
1992. Erosion caused by climate change and anthropogenic disturbance in Iceland. In: Disturbance related dynamics of birch dominated ecosystems. A Nordic symposium, Illugastaðir, Fnjóskadalur, Iceland 18-22 Sept. 1992. Rannsóknastöð Skógræktar ríkisins, Mógilsá, p. 16-18. Ólafur Arnalds.
1992. Hnignun gróðurlenda (Vegetation degradation). Icelandic SCS Yearbook IV:73-82. Ása L. Aradóttir, Ólafur Arnalds and Steve Archer.
1992. Sandleiðir á Norðausturlandi (Pathways of eolian sand-drift in Northeast Iceland). Græðum Ísland (Icelandic SCS Yearbook) IV:145-149. Ólafur Arnalds.
1992. Drög að flokkun rofmynda á Íslandi (Classification of Icelandic erosion forms). Græðum Ísland (Icelandic SCS Yearbook) IV:55-72. Ólafur Arnalds, L.P. Wilding and C.T. Hallmark.
1992. Gróðurleifar í Ódáðahrauni (Soil and vegetation remnants in the Ódáðahraun desert). Græðum Ísland (Icelandic SCS Yearbook) IV:159-164. Ólafur Arnalds.
1990. Characterization and wind erosion of Andisols in Iceland. Proc. 14th ICSS, IV:374-375. Ólafur Arnalds, C.T. Hallmark and L.P. Wilding.
1989. Jarðvegseyðing (Soil erosion). Græðum Ísland (Icelandic SCS Yearbook) II:47-68. Ólafur Arnalds.
2.4. Thesis-Dissertation
1990. Characterization and soil erosion of Andisols in Iceland. Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
1984. Radiocesium in Montana soils and applications for soil erosion measurement. M.Sc. Thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana.
1980. Myndun og gerð móajarðvegs í Kelduhverfi. B.Sc. Thesis, University of Iceland.