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Catalog Number (archiveGUID): NEON05CDLSESAR 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: Bkssyz--83 to 107 centimeters (32.7 to 42.1 inches); clay, 90 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly 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; 5 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct spherical manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout and 1 percent medium distinct spherical manganese masses throughout and 2 percent medium prominent 7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on faces of peds and 5 percent fine prominent 7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent gypsum crystal clusters and 5 percent fine prominent 10YR 8/1), moist, gypsum masses and 5 percent fine prominent gypsum crystal clusters; slight effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N02435

Record ID: b568b743-3682-42fc-bc99-bb949aa8a93e

NEON Sample Viewer: 4_LAJAS_PIT1_ARCHIVE_83-107_BKSSYZ

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