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

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Catalog Number (archiveGUID): NEON05CBZSESAR Record

Sample Tag (SampleID): 1_HARVARD_PIT1_113-133_ARCHIVE_2CD1

SampleUuid: 42d5810a-7fde-42df-b49b-9a16da268fd6

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: 2Cd1--113 to 133 centimeters (44.5 to 52.4 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; firm; 3 percent nonflat subangular 75 to 250-millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent nonflat subangular 2 to 75-millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, Chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N03213

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Harvard megapit soil profile (110 cm - 160 cm vertical soil profile visible)

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Record ID: 6948afda-1112-4ef6-a22f-10bccfe285cc

NEON Sample Viewer: 1_HARVARD_PIT1_113-133_ARCHIVE_2CD1

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