Print Date: Apr 8 2015 | Country: United States |
Description Date: Apr 8 2014 | State: Puerto Rico |
Describer: Matos, Manuel | County: Lajas |
Site ID: S2014PR079001 | MLRA: 271 -- Semiarid Mountains and Valleys |
Site Note: Pedon description to support the Caribbean Basin NEON Project under the National Science Foundation. Local contact is Yamil Toro from San Juan, PR and science protocol contact is Rommel Zulueta from Colorado, USA. | Soil Survey Area: PR787 -- San German Area, Southwestern Puerto Rico |
Pedon ID: S2014PR079001 | Map Unit: |
Pedon Note: | Quad Name: San German, Puerto Rico |
Lab Source ID: KSSL | Std Latitude: 18.0218444 |
Lab Pedon #: 14N0430 | Std Longitude: -67.0760833 |
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Soil Name as Described/Sampled: | |
Classification: | Latitude: 18 degrees 1 minutes 18.64 seconds north |
Soil Name as Correlated: Cartagena | Longitude: 67 degrees 4 minutes 33.90 seconds west |
Classification: Fine, mixed, superactive, isohyperthermic Sodic Haplusterts | Datum: WGS84 |
Pedon Type: undefined observation | UTM Zone: 19 |
Pedon Purpose: research site | UTM Easting: 703677 meters |
Taxon Kind: series | UTM Northing: 1993661 meters |
Associated Soils: Aguirre, Fraternidad, Guanica, Jacana, Santa Isabel |
Physiographic Division: Caribbean Basin | Primary Earth Cover: Grass/herbaceous cover |
Physiographic Province: Caribbean Islands Province | Secondary Earth Cover: Tame pastureland |
Physiographic Section: Greater Antilles (Puerto Rico) | Existing Vegetation: |
State Physiographic Area: | Parent Material: clayey marine deposits over alluvium derived from volcanic rock |
Local Physiographic Area: Lajas Valley | Bedrock Kind: |
Geomorphic Setting: on talf None Assigned | Bedrock Depth: |
Upslope Shape: linear | Bedrock Hardness: |
Cross Slope Shape: linear | Bedrock Fracture Interval: |
Particle Size Control Section: 25 to 100 cm. | Surface Fragments: |
Description origin: NASIS | Description database: KSSL |