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Catalog Number (archiveGUID): NEON05CDPSESAR 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: 3C--164 to 176 centimeters (64.6 to 69.3 inches); sandy loam, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; low penetration resistance; low excavation difficulty; common fine roots throughout; common very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 1 percent medium prominent 10Y 4/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries on faces of peds and 1 percent fine distinct spherical 10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout and 1 percent fine distinct spherical 10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout and 5 percent medium prominent 7.5YR 4/6), 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; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N02438

Record ID: 76814e17-496e-4ef8-ae0d-12b430599567

NEON Sample Viewer: 4_LAJAS_PIT1_ARCHIVE_164-176_3C2

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