Mapping and identifying soil samples in New Island, Falkland Islands
Data and Resources
Additional Info
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Last Updated | December 21, 2020, 10:06 (PST) |
| Created | January 30, 2020, 05:22 (PST) |
| Region | Falkland Islands |
| Language | eng |
| Topic Category | geoscientific information |
| Temporal Extent Start | 2015-01-01 |
| Temporal Extent End | 2015-12-31 |
| Dataset Reference Date | 2015 |
| Lineage | The work consisted in coring 80% of the island (the southernmost area and Sabina point were not visited) for a total of 160 cores and describing the soil characteristics of each core. Dutch and gouge augers were used to extract cores from the ground. As much as consistently as possible, the cores were taken along transect perpendicular to slope and longitudinal to the valleys in order to have a good representation of changes in soil type if they were occurring. After being described on the field according to their structural and textural characteristics, the soil cores where associated to soil types in order to ground truth the interpreted soil map (which is from superficial geology map). The soils were grouped also in larger classes: e.g. leptosols, histosols, podzols, stagnosols and so on. |
| West Longitude | -61.3249 |
| South Latitude | -51.7506 |
| East Longitude | -61.215 |
| North Latitude | -51.6775 |
| Spatial Reference System | WGS84 |
| Responsible Organisation Name | Hidden (personal data protection) |
| Contact Mail Address | Hidden (personal data protection) |
| Responsible Party Role | Hidden (personal data protection) |
| Access Limitations | Open access |
| Use Constraints | Open, but copyright and/or Intellectual Property Rights apply |
| Resource Reference | Please acknowledge data source as: SAERI (South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute) and New Island Conservation Trust. |
| Data Format | shape |
| Update Frequency | not planned |
| Accuracy | Accuracy of the location of soil samples: 6 metres (GPS) Accuracy of the soil identification: medium-low |
| Resource Type | Dataset |
| Original Title | Hidden (internal use only) |
| Metadata Date | 2016-11-10 |
| Metadata Point of Contact | datamanager@saeri.ac.fk |
| Contact Consent | Contact details hidden |
| Unique Resource ID | FK-SAERI-297 |
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