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SGS-LTER paleopedology study-pedon descriptions on the Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 1992-1993

dc.contributor.authorKelly, Eugene F.
dc.coverage.temporal1992-1993
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T07:09:10Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T07:09:10Z
dc.date.issued1992-1993
dc.descriptionThe Short Grass Steppe site encompasses a large portion of the Colorado Piedmont Section of the western Great Plains. The extent is defined as the boundaries of the Central Plains Experimental Range (CPER). The CPER has a single ownership and landuse (livestock grazing). The PNG is characterized by a mosaic of ownership and land use. Ownership includes federal, state or private and land use consists of livestock grazing or row-crops. There are NGO conservation groups that exert influence over the area, particularly on federal lands.
dc.descriptionNatural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL)
dc.descriptionShortgrass Steppe-Long Term Ecological Research (SGS-LTER)
dc.description.abstractThis data package was produced by researchers working on the Shortgrass Steppe Long Term Ecological Research (SGS-LTER) Project, administered at Colorado State University. Long-term datasets and background information (proposals, reports, photographs, etc.) on the SGS-LTER project are contained in a comprehensive project collection within the Repository (http://hdl.handle.net/10217/100254). The data table and associated metadata document, which is generated in Ecological Metadata Language, may be available through other repositories serving the ecological research community and represent components of the larger SGS-LTER project collection. CPER Paleopedology Study – Pedons - Forty-one pedons representing sites of contrasting geomorphic position (upland plain, upland ridge, dissected upland, terrace, dune) were chosen for pedologic and geomorphic analyses. These pedons are located on the major physiographic units at the CPER, and contain deposits of suspected fluvial and eolian origin. To examine spatial variability, the pedons were typically sampled along transects spaced at 30m intervals. Samples were taken with a hydraulic soil probe to the depth of probe refusal and from suitable stream and road cuts. All soils were described and sampled by genetic horizon (Soil Survey Staff, 1992), and analyzed at Colorado State University. Analyses included particle size and organic C. Nineteen of the 41 pedons were subjected to stable isotopic analysis of organic C and carbonate.
dc.description.sponsorshipNSF Grant Number DEB-1027319.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/85625
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25675/10217/85625
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.haspartKelly, Eugene (2013): SGS-LTER Paleopedology Study - pedon descriptions on the Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 1992-1993. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/625c4dc15e3f5aef8669151e94485c11
dc.relation.haspartKelly, Eugene (2013): SGS-LTER Paleopedology Study - soil particle size and grain size on the Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 1992- 1993. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/16ccf3b5d6a741889d72b71fe593c40f
dc.relation.haspartKelly, Eugene (2013): SGS-LTER Transect Study - Organic Carbon in Soils across Toposequences on the Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 1983-1984. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/b1ac5545017cf3e1226cc1941b0d3a01
dc.relation.ispartofResearch Data
dc.relation.isreferencedbyBlecker, S. W., C. M. Yonker, C. G. Olson, and E. F. Kelly, Paleopedologic and Geomorphic Evidence for Holocene Climate Variation, Shortgrass Steppe, Colorado, USA. Geoderma 76, no. 1-2 (March 1997): 113-130. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7061(96)00085-7
dc.relation.isreferencedbyKelly, E. F., S. W. Blecker, C. M. Yonker, C. G. Olson, E. E. Wohl, and L. C. Todd, Stable Isotope Composition of Soil Organic Matter and Phytoliths as Paleoenvironmental Indicators. Geoderma 82, no. 1-3 (February 1998): 59-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7061(97)00097-9
dc.relation.isreferencedbyYonker, C. M., D. S. Schimel, E. Paroussis, and R. D. Heil, Patterns of Organic Carbon Accumulation in a Semiarid Shortgrass Steppe, Colorado. Soil Science Society of America Journal 52, no. 2 (March-April 1988): 478-483. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaj1988.03615995005200020032x
dc.relation.referencesSpecies list of plants, http://hdl.handle.net/10217/80451
dc.relation.referencesKaplan, Nicole, SGS-LTER GIS layer of Level 2 Soil Survey and Related Document on Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 2012 (dataset). http://hdl.handle.net/10217/87164
dc.rightsData sets were provided by the Shortgrass Steppe Long Term Ecological Research (SGS-LTER) Program, a partnership between Colorado State University, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, and the U.S. Forest Service Pawnee National Grassland. Significant funding for these data was provided by the National Science Foundation Long Term Ecological Research program (NSF Grant Number DEB-1027319). The SGS-LTER project (1980-2014) was established as one of the first sites in the US LTER Network and has produce a rich legacy of digital materials including reports, proposals, images, and data packages. Data, products and other information produced from the SGS-LTER are curated as a collection within the Repository (http://hdl.handle.net/10217/100254). Materials can be accessed from the Institutional Digital Repository of Colorado State University or upon request by emailing ecodata_nrel@colostate.edu. All data are open for dissemination and re-use for any purpose, but you must attribute credit to the owner and cite use appropriately according to the LTER Data Access Policy (http://www.lternet.edu/policies/data-access).
dc.subjectpaleoecology
dc.subjectsoils
dc.subjectorganic matter
dc.subjectpaleopedology
dc.subjectinorganic nutrients
dc.titleSGS-LTER paleopedology study-pedon descriptions on the Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 1992-1993
dc.typeDataset

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