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Catalog Number (archiveGUID): NEON05CDJSESAR Record

Event ID: 2014PR079001

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

Date: 2014-04-07

Additional Collectors: Joshua Roberti (ORCID 0000-0002-3888-4900)

Locality: United States, Puerto Rico, Lajas Municipio, Atlantic Neotropical (D04), Lajas Experimental Station NEON (LAJA), Lajas Experimental Station Megapit, MP1 [Location ID: MEGAPT100979]

18.02184  -67.07608 +-3m.  WGS84

Verbatim Coordinates: 19N 703592.28034E 1993595.10095N

Elevation: 40 meters (131ft)

Description: Soil sample from the megapit for archive

Sampling Protocol: NEON.DOC.001307vA

Notes: 4C--176 to 203 centimeters (69.3 to 79.9 inches); silty clay, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; massive; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; high toughness; high penetration resistance; high excavation difficulty; common fine roots throughout; common very fine moderate-continuity tubular and common very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 20 percent prominent slickensides (geogenic) on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct spherical 10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout and 5 percent medium prominent 10Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries on faces of peds and 25 percent medium prominent 7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries on faces of peds; 10 percent subrounded 2 to 25-millimeter volcanic rock fragments; noneffervescent, by HCl, 1 normal; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 14N02439

Record ID: 3393e0fe-2ddc-4718-882b-5fc823ac2ae8

NEON Sample Viewer: 4_LAJAS_PIT1_ARCHIVE_176-203_4C

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