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Physical, chemical and biological characteristics of soils from the upper Garwood Valley, Ross Sea Region, 2002-2006.

Entry ID: K052_2004_2005_NZ

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Summary

Abstract: These data consist of a number of subsets of soil samples gathered from the upper Garwood Valley in January 2002, January 2003, January 2005 and January 2006. Replicate randomly-located samples of surface soils to 10 cm depth have been gathered from the most common landforms in the area. Within the most widespread landforms, the same type of samples have been gathered along transects of increasing ...

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Description: The Antarctic Dry Valley Soils Project

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: -78.02	S: -78.05	E: 163.97	W: 163.83
Min Altitude: 600 M Max Altitude: 400 M
Min Depth: 0 M Max Depth: 0.20 M

Parent DIF

This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
K052_2001_2005_NZ_1
K052_2004_2006_NZ_1

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2002-01-09

Stop Date: 2002-01-19

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > GARWOOD VALLEY

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > SOILS > CARBON

AGRICULTURE > SOILS > DENITRIFICATION RATE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

OCEANS

Platform

AIRCRAFT

BALLOONS

Instrument

CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth

CURRENT METERS

Project

JASIN78 > Joint Air-Sea Interaction Project

Ancillary Keywords

BAROMETRIC PRESSURE

CURRENT DIRECTION

Originating Center

BODC

Data Center

British Oceanographic Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom

Data Center URL: http://www.bodc.ac.uk/

Data Center Personnel
Name: BODC ENQUIRIES OFFICER Phone: +44 (0) 151 795 4884 Fax: +44 (0) 151 795 4912 Email: enquiries at bodc.ac.uk Contact Address: British Oceanographic Data Centre Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street City: Liverpool Postal Code: L3 5DA Country: UK

Distribution

Distribution Media: Online (FTP)

Personnel

MELANIE F. MEAUX

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Email: gsfc-gcmduso at mail.nasa.gov

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2000-10-10

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