USGS Soil Carbon Research
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The U.S. Geological Survey project Fate of Carbon in Alaskan Landscapes (FOCAL) is studying the effect of fire and soil drainage on soil carbon storage in the boreal forest. As such this group was invited to be a part of a NSF-funded project (Fire, Ecosystem and Succession - Experiment Boreal or FIRES-ExB) to study the carbon balance of sites that varied in age (time since fire) and soil drainage in the Thompson, Manitoba, Canada region. This report describes the location of our FIRES-ExB sampling sites as well as the procedures used to describe, sample, and analyze the soils. This report also contains data tables with sample related information including, but not limited to, field descriptions, bulk density, particle size distribution, moisture content, carbon (C) concentration, nitrogen (N) concentration, isotopic data for C, and major, minor and trace elemental concentration. |
Download the Thompson, Manitoba site descriptions as a 13-page PDF document (94 KB)
Download of2006-1291_chem.xls as an Excel document (113 KB)
Download of2006-1291_field.xls as an Excel document (128 KB)
Download of2006-1291_physical.xls as an Excel document (157 KB)
Download of2006-1291_suppl_chem.xls as an Excel document (307 KB)
Download of2006-1291_transects.xls as an Excel document (278 KB)
For questions about the content of this report, contact Kristen Manies.
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