Joshua Roberti (ORCID 0000-0002-3888-4900), David Durden (ORCID 0000-0001-9572-8325)
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
19N 725706.12848E 1988112.21327N
133 meters (436ft)
Soil sample from the megapit for archive
NEON.DOC.001307vA
BCk--105 to 126 centimeters (41.3 to 49.6 inches); silty clay loam, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face, moist; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, extremely firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; very fine roots throughout; 5 percent faint pressure faces on all faces of peds; 25 percent fine prominent 10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 25 percent medium prominent 10YR 5/6), 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 105-108 cm presence of preached water table. 80% 2.5Y 6/2; 15% 10YR 8/1 horizontal carbonate masses along of the unconformity; 5% 7.5YR 4/6 iron masses between peds.; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N02905, 15N02913