Warra Tall Eucalypt Soil Characteristic Data 2012 

This data contains soil physico-chemical characteristics collected at the Warra Tall Eucalypt site in 2012. 

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Sampling was conducted in the Warra Tall Eucalypt site in 2012. Soil cores were sampled around the perimeter of the Flux Tower and at its centre on 21 February 2012. The soil pit was mechanically dug on 29 February and bulk density cores were taken from exposed horizontal benches on this date and on 19 April 2012. Additional bulk density cores for 0–10 cm soils were sampled on 11 September 2012. The soil profile was described on 27 March 2012 according to the Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook. The exposed soil was sampled by removing soil from a continuous vertical slot, for the ‘Horizon’ samples and by making separate slots for sampling the depths specified for the ‘Incremental’ samples. Samples were air-dried and on 17 April 2012 sent to the Environmental Chemistry Laboratory of Landcare Research in Palmerston North, New Zealand for chemical and physical analysis. This laboratory is accredited by IANZ (International Accreditation New Zealand), which is the New Zealand body equivalent to NATA in Australia. Both NATA and IANZ accredit laboratories to the same international standard (ISO/IEC 17025:2005).