United States, Arizona, Pima, Desert Southwest (D14), Santa Rita Experimental Range NEON (SRER), Santa Rita Experimental Range Megapit, MP1 [Location ID: MEGAPT100995]
31.91068 -110.83549 +-3m. WGS84
12N 515553.90312E 3530547.11829N
996 meters (3267ft)
Soil sample from the megapit for archive
NEON.DOC.001307vA
Bw--5 to 41 centimeters (2.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sandy loam, brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; 80 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 12 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; common very fine roots and common fine roots; many very fine tubular and many very fine interstitial pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 2 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 2 to 75-millimeter unspecified fragments; 16.0 percent calcium carbonate equivalent; violent effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N00455