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Catalog Number (archiveGUID): NEON05CDHSESAR Record

Event ID: S2015PR055001

Collector: Rommel Zulueta (ORCID 0000-0002-2441-8845)

Date: 2015-04-10

Additional Collectors: Joshua Roberti (ORCID 0000-0002-3888-4900), David Durden (ORCID 0000-0001-9572-8325)

Locality: United States, Puerto Rico, Guanica Municipio, Atlantic Neotropical (D04), Guanica Forest NEON (GUAN), Guanica Forest Megapit, MP1 [Location ID: MEGAPT100972]

17.96882  -66.86888 +-2m.  WGS84

Verbatim Coordinates: 19N 725706.12848E 1988112.21327N

Elevation: 133 meters (436ft)

Description: Soil sample from the megapit for archive

Sampling Protocol: NEON.DOC.001307vA

Notes: C--126 to 161 centimeters (49.6 to 63.4 inches); silty clay loam, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) broken face, moist; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, extremely firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; very fine roots in cracks; 5 percent fine prominent 7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent medium prominent 7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 20 percent medium prominent 2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout and 20 percent coarse prominent 2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout and 25 percent fine prominent 10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 25 percent medium prominent 10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 2 percent fine prominent 10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses throughout and 2 percent medium prominent 10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses throughout; strong effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, Unspecified; From 123-131 cm presence of preached water table. 80% 2.5Y 6/2; 10% 10YR 8/1 horizontal carbonate masses along of the unconformity; 10% 7.5YR 4/6 iron masses between peds.; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N02906, 15N02914

Record ID: dcc1f1db-8a39-4ca7-938d-443f7370ef86

NEON Sample Viewer: 4_GUANICA_PIT1_ARCHIVE_C

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