Soil Bulk Density - GLBRC Scale-up sites

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Bulk density measured on the GLBRC scale-up sites.

FieldID: M1=Marshall corn, M2=Marshall prairie, M3=Marshall switchgrass, L1=Lux Arbor corn, L2=Lux Arbor switchgrass, L3=Lux Arbor prairie

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

Experiment:	GLBRC Scale-up Experiment
Data available from:	April 2009 to December 2014
Dataset:	GLBRC088
Datatable ID:	GLBRC088-006.125
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Personnel:	Phil Robertson, lead investigator
Last Updated	2020-07-10

Variate	Description	Units
sample date	date the sample was collected
site	experiment location
treatment name	treatment_description
treatment	experimental treatment
station	sampling point
top depth cm	upper depth of sample (actual	centimeter
bottom depth cm	lower depth of soil sample (actual)	centimeter
nominal top depth	the nominal top depth of the core	centimeter
nominal bottom depth	the nominal bottom depth of the core (the depth that was attempted)	centimeter
core diameter	diameter of the soil core	centimeter
gravel free bulk density	bulk density of the gravel free soil fraction (gravel >4 mm removed)	grams/cubiccentimeter
total bulk density	bulk density, including gravel	grams/cubiccentimeter
comments	comments about the row
campaign	type of soil sampling

Protocols
Baseline Soil Sampling and Analysis- GLBRC BCSE, Scale-Up, & Marginal Sites

GLBRC data is not yet publicly available.

Data Excerpt

sample_date	site	treatment_name	treatment	station	top_depth_cm	bottom_depth_cm	nominal_top_depth	nominal_bottom_depth	core_diameter	gravel_free_bulk_density	total_bulk_density	campaign
2014-12-02	KBS Lux Arbor Reserve	AGR-Corn	L1	S1	0.0	10.0	0.0	10.0	7.6	1.4490	1.4639	deep core sampling
2014-12-02	KBS Lux Arbor Reserve	AGR-Corn	L1	S1	10.0	25.0	10.0	25.0	7.6	1.8102	1.8210	deep core sampling
2014-12-02	KBS Lux Arbor Reserve	AGR-Corn	L1	S1	25.0	50.0	25.0	50.0	7.6	1.6484	1.6597	deep core sampling
2014-12-02	KBS Lux Arbor Reserve	AGR-Corn	L1	S1	50.0	80.0	50.0	100.0	7.6			deep core sampling
2014-12-02	KBS Lux Arbor Reserve	AGR-Corn	L1	S10	0.0	10.0	0.0	10.0	7.6	1.3883	1.3948	deep core sampling