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Meckenheim II, Long Term Soil Organic Matter Study, Germany

Entry ID: ACI.Meckenheim

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Summary

Abstract: This experiment began in 1958 at a site that has been in arable crops
for more than 100 years. The climate of the site is cool temperate,
with mean annual temperature of 9.1 deg. C, and Mean annual rainfall
of 598mm. The experiment consists of Cereals only with either
inorganic fertilizers only (2 types) or inorganic fertilizers (2
types) plus straw incorporation, in a block design,
replicated 4 ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: 30.61	S: 30.59	E: 7.1	W: 6.9

Min Depth: SURFACE Max Depth: 30CM

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Agrikulturchemisches Institut Universitaet Bonn

Online Resource: http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/aen/eusomnet/expts/meckenheim.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1958-01-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > EUROPE > WESTERN EUROPE > GERMANY

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS > FERTILIZERS

AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL PLANT SCIENCE > CROP/PLANT YIELDS

ISO Topic Category

FARMING

BIOTA

Project

GCTE > Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems, IGBP

Quality a) Details of the plots
Width of smallest plot is 3 m
Length of smallest plot is 7 m
Details of direction of cultivation: Parallel to long-axis of plot
Width of Discard Strip around plot: 1m
b) Details of replication and randomization.
There are at least 4 replicates in the experiment. Block design
Since 1988 Dixon-Test according to Snedecor, G.W. and Cochran, W.G.
(1989) Statistical Methods, Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa,
USA.

Originating Center

SOLAS International Project Office, UEA, UK

Data Center

British Oceanographic Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom

Data Center URL: http://www.bodc.ac.uk/

Data Center Personnel
Name: BODC ENQUIRIES OFFICER Phone: +44 (0) 151 795 4884 Fax: +44 (0) 151 795 4912 Email: enquiries at bodc.ac.uk Contact Address: British Oceanographic Data Centre Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street City: Liverpool Postal Code: L3 5DA Country: UK