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NEON HQ Soil Archive (Megapit) (NEON:SOIC-MP)

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Catalog Number (archiveGUID): NEON05CBUSESAR Record

Sample Tag (SampleID): 1_HARVARD_PIT1_82-96_ARCHIVE_2BC

SampleUuid: b98a0028-c1d0-455c-a9ff-2f8b44124e0a

Taxon: Udept

Determiner: Jacob Islieb (2012-07-17)

Taxon Remarks: Identification source: harvested from NEON API

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Event ID: S2012MA027001

Collector: Ed Ayres

Date: 2012-07-17

Locality: United States, Massachusetts, Worcester, Northeast (D01), Harvard Forest & Quabbin Watershed NEON (HARV), Harvard Forest Megapit, MP1 [Location ID: MEGAPT100973]

42.53562 -72.17562 +-4m. WGS84

Verbatim Coordinates: 18N 732183.97796E 4713266.17907N

Elevation: 373 meters (1223ft)

Description: Soil sample from the megapit for archive

Sampling Protocol: NEON.DOC.001307vA

Notes: 2BC--82 to 96 centimeters (32.3 to 37.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; single grain; loose; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 5 percent nonflat subangular 75 to 250-millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent nonflat subangular 2 to 75-millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, Bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N03211

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Harvard megapit soil profile (60 cm - 160 cm vertical soil profile visible)

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Record ID: 59ca6435-10df-45f9-a63e-8d2e5affe599

NEON Sample Viewer: 1_HARVARD_PIT1_82-96_ARCHIVE_2BC

For additional information about this specimen, please contact: NEON Megapit Archive (soilarchive@battelleecology.org)

Associated References

Ayres, E. 2019. Quantitative Guidelines for Establishing and Operating Soil Archives. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 83(4): 973-981. https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2019.02.0050