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Soil Total Carbon and Nitrogen by Depth - Deep Cores — Main Cropping System Experiment (MCSE)

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Total carbon and nitrogen determinations of deep core soil samples from the LTER Main Site and Successional and Forested sites organized by treatment, replicate and core depth (surface, middle, deep) sections.

Citation (in review):
Córdova, S. C., Kravchenko, A. N., Miesel, J.R., Robertson, G.P., (2022). Whole-profile Changes in Soil Carbon and Nitrogen after 25 Years under Agricultural and Conservation Management

This datatable is part of the Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Deep Core Surveys dataset.

An LTER project goal is to periodically collect and analyze deep soil cores for the main site treatments and successional and forest sites. Soil is sampled to a depth of one meter, and analyzed for horizon depths, texture, moisture, and carbon and nitrogen content.

Note

Experiment: Main Cropping System Experiment (MCSE)
Data available from: May 2001 to September 2013
Dataset: KBS044
Datatable ID: KBS044-001.68
Core Areas Organic Matter,Disturbance
Repository link: http://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/8c9f759d32699902d88c7b5d607fb2f7
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Last Updated 2024-01-16
Variate Description Units
sample date date the sample was taken
treatment treatment the sample was collected from
replicate replicate that the sample was collected from
station station within the plot that was sampled
core there were 2 cores taken at each sample site. in 2001 core 1 was analyzed and core 2 was archived.
section slice of the deepcore
section length length of the section cm
top depth top depth of the core section in centimeters from the surface cm
bottom depth bottom depth of the core in centimeters from the surface cm
core volume cm3 the volume of the core section cm^3
gravel free bulk density bulk density of the core section excluding gravel
total bulk density total bulk density of the core section including the gravel.
n percent average percent N in the sample %
c percent average percent of C in the sample %
flag outlier flag 'O'
comment comment about the sample

Data Excerpt

sample_date treatment replicate station core section section_length top_depth bottom_depth core_volume_cm3 gravel_free_bulk_density total_bulk_density n_percent c_percent flag comment
2001-10-19 TSF R1 S1 C1 Deep 0.02 0.2165
2001-10-19 TSF R1 S1 C1 Middle 0.0545 0.3165
2001-10-19 TSF R1 S1 C1 Surface 0.196 1.9323
2001-10-19 TSF R1 S2 C1 Deep 0.035 0.111
2001-10-19 TSF R1 S2 C1 Middle 0.055 0.3037
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