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Soil studies of the Ross Sea Region 1959-2009
Entry ID: K150_1959_2009_NZ_1

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Summary
Abstract: Antarctic soils have been investigated in the Ross Sea Region for 50 years. The cumulative studies have resulted in a large literature base of knowledge on various subjects on the soils from various areas throughout the Ross Sea Region. Studies have included soil surveys and profile investigations into soil temperature and moisture measurements, soil chemistry analysis, salt deposits and origin ... View entire text
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Description: The Ross Sea Region Soils database, run by Landcare Research, New Zealand, stores information on soil site and soil pit horizon data from 35 years of soil studies by the investigators and their associates. There are >900 sites in the database but they are currently not sorted.

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Description: University of Wisconsin Antarctic Soils Database
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: -70.0   S: -90.0   E: 170.0   W: 159.0

Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1959-01-01
Stop Date: 2009-01-01
Location Keywords
Science Keywords
LAND SURFACE > SOILS > MICRONUTRIENTS/TRACE ELEMENTS Parameter Definition
LAND SURFACE > SOILS > PERMAFROST Parameter Definition
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Platform
R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis
Instrument
SPECTROPHOTOMETERS Ancillary Description
Quality Our sampling techniques got better with each ice station, but at the first few ice stations there was a considerable amount of lint in our snow samples. The lint was likely from our gloves. The lint can be carefully removed from the filters once back in Seattle so our results will not be affected.
Access Constraints These data are not yet publicly available.
Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=SIPEX_II... when using these data.
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Originating Center
Australian Antarctic Division
Data Center
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC
Phone: +61 3 6232 3244
Fax: +61 3 6232 3351
Email: metadata at aad.gov.au
Contact Address:
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
City: Kingston
Province or State: Tasmania
Postal Code: 7050
Country: Australia
Distribution
Distribution Media: HTTP
Distribution Size: 81 kb
Distribution Format: Word
Fees: Free
Personnel
KLAUS MEINERS
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: + 61 3 6226 7201
Email: klaus.meiners at acecrc.org.au
Contact Address:
Sea-ice Ecologist
Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE CRC)
Private Bag 80
City: Hobart
Province or State: Tasmania
Postal Code: 7001
Country: Australia
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2012-12-13
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-12-14

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