Soil Texture- Deep Core — GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment

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Soil texture from the GLBRC BCSE (Biofuel Cropping System Experiment) site. Soil core was collected with the deep core sampler.

This datatable is part of the GLBRC soil properties dataset. Soil measurements from GLBRC experiments.

Experiment:	GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment
Data available from:	June 2008 to November 2008
Dataset:	GLBRC088
Datatable ID:	GLBRC088-016.143
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Personnel:	Phil Robertson, lead investigator Randy Jackson, lead investigator
Last Updated	2020-07-10

Variate	Description	Units
sample date	date of sample collection
site	experiment location
treatment	experimental treatment
replicate	replicate nested within treatment
top depth	top depth of soil sample	centimeter
bottom depth	bottom depth of soil sample	centimeter
sand	sand content of soil in percent	%
silt	soil silt content in percent	%
clay	clay content of soil in percent	%
texture	soil texture
wi plot id	Arlington Wisconsin plot identifier

Protocols
Particle Size Analysis-Hydrometer Method

GLBRC data is not yet publicly available.

Data Excerpt

sample_date	site	treatment	replicate	bottom_depth	sand	silt	clay	texture	wi_plot_id
2008-11-18	Arlington GLBRC Intensive Site	G1	R3	10	5.0	69.0	26.0	silt loam	309
2008-11-18	Arlington GLBRC Intensive Site	G1	R4	10	7.0	67.0	26.0	silt loam	411
2008-11-18	Arlington GLBRC Intensive Site	G1	R1	10	8.0	66.0	27.0	silt loam	101
2008-11-18	Arlington GLBRC Intensive Site	G1	R2	10	6.0	71.0	23.0	silt loam	212
2008-11-18	Arlington GLBRC Intensive Site	G1	R5	10	14.0	61.0	25.0	silt loam	504