United States, Utah, Tooele, Great Basin (D15), Onaqui NEON (ONAQ), Onaqui-Ault Megapit, MP1 [Location ID: MEGAPT100987]
35.68839 -83.50185 +-3m. WGS84
12N 376338.68055E 4448480.6216N
599 meters (1965ft)
Soil sample from the megapit for archive
NEON.DOC.001307vA
Bw--12 to 66 centimeters (4.7 to 26.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) loam, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; 21 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many very fine roots and few medium roots and few fine roots; many very fine moderate-continuity tubular and common fine moderate-continuity tubular and few coarse moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent nonflat subangular indurated 2 to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N04368