Soil Composition Across Four Elevations on Mount Etna, 2017-2019

Soil chemical and physical composition data was collected for four elevations on Mount Etna, Sicily. Samples were gathered in 2017 and 2019 and analyzed by a commercial laboratory in Catania as part of a study on transplanting two Senecio species.

Use Cases

• Analyze soil plasticity variations across the four sampled elevations on Mount Etna.
• Compare chemical composition metrics between the 2017 and 2019 collection years.
• Investigate relationships between soil properties and Senecio species transplanting outcomes.

Strengths

• Data covers four distinct elevations on Mount Etna, providing spatial variation.
• Includes measurements from two collection years (2017 and 2019), offering temporal context.

Limitations

• Unknown sample size (row count) and specific measured variables (column count).
• Geographic scope is limited to Mount Etna, Sicily, reducing generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Soil samples collected and analyzed by a commercial laboratory in Catania, Sicily.

Time Range

2017 and 2019

Freshness

Dataset metadata was last updated in March 2026.

Geography

Mount Etna, Sicily