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Catalog Number (archiveGUID): NEON05CDNSESAR 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: 2Bky--107 to 145 centimeters (42.1 to 57.1 inches); sandy clay, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; medium toughness; moderate 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 medium prominent 7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on faces of peds and 10 percent fine prominent 7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on faces of peds and 10 percent fine distinct spherical 10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout and 10 percent medium distinct spherical 10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout; 1 percent fine prominent gypsum crystal clusters and 1 percent fine prominent 10YR 8/1), moist, gypsum masses and 1 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 # 14N02436

Record ID: 26bd0d94-71b2-47f2-911c-6e0341c756e4

NEON Sample Viewer: 4_LAJAS_PIT1_ARCHIVE_107-145_2BKY

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