Identification

Title

Soil pH and bulk density depth profiles in the Siksik catchment, North West Territories, Canada

Abstract

Data comprise pH and bulk density measurements (location (longitude, latitude), depth, bulk density) for multiple soil profiles in the SikSik catchment, North West Territories, Canada. Samples were collected along a transect in September 2014. Soil samples were taken near additional soil pits. Soil depth and sampling location (latitude and longitude) was recorded. Bulk density was determined according to Blake and Hartge (1986). pH was determined with the 1:5 soil:water suspension method (see supporting documentation). The data were collected under Project HYDRA, a NERC funded UK research project linking Heriot Watt University, the Universities of Durham, Aberdeen and Stirling, and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), Edinburgh. Project HYDRA is part of the UK Arctic Research Programme. Project HYDRA studies sites in Arctic Canada to investigate the biological, chemical and physical controls on the release of greenhouse gases from permafrost into melt water and to the atmosphere and how these emissions will influence global warming.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/download?fileIdentifier=a37e6aa4-b003-49bd-9a16-619a7d0dd714

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: order

http://eidc.ceh.ac.uk/metadata/a37e6aa4-b003-49bd-9a16-619a7d0dd714/zip_export/

name: Supporting information

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/a37e6aa4-b003-49bd-9a16-619a7d0dd714

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG

code identifying the spatial reference system

CRS:84

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Environmental Monitoring Facilities

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

bulk density

soil depth

Keyword set

keyword value

Canada

Siksik catchment

North West Territories

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-141.002

East bounding longitude

-52.62

North bounding latitude

83.111

South bounding latitude

41.681

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2014-09-01

End position

2014-09-30

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2016-05-18

date type

creation

effective date

2014-09-01

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Soil samples were collected in September 2014 along a transect in the Siksik catchment, North West Territories, Canada (Longitude: 133. 26' 26" W, Latitude: 68. 44' 17"N Elevation: 85 metres). Soil pH and bulk density (in grammes per cubic centimetre) data was produced from the samples.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Â© NERC/University of Aberdeen

Constraint set

responsible party role

publisher

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

email address

eidc@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2018-10-17T12:07:04

Metadata language

eng