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
2Bk--132 to 203 centimeters (52.0 to 79.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam, brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; 50 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 18 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; common very fine roots; many very fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct carbonate coats on rock fragments; 25 percent very fine carbonate masses; 5 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 2 to 75-millimeter unspecified fragments; 12.0 percent calcium carbonate equivalent; violent effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 14N00458