The U.S. Geological Survey Fate of Carbon in Alaskan Landscapes (FOCAL) project collected soil samples as part of the NSF-funded FIRES-ExB project. The data likely contains field descriptions, bulk density, particle size distribution, moisture content, carbon and nitrogen concentrations, isotopic data, and elemental concentrations from sites varying in time since fire and soil drainage in the Thompson, Manitoba region.
Use Cases
- Modeling soil carbon storage changes based on time since fire and drainage conditions mentioned in the description
- Analyzing relationships between soil elemental concentrations and fire history
- Studying isotopic signatures of carbon in post-fire boreal forest soils
- Investigating the impact of soil drainage on post-fire recovery of soil properties
Strengths
- Data is associated with a specific, funded research project (FIRES-ExB) studying carbon balance
- The description indicates the dataset contains multiple analytical measurements including bulk density, carbon concentration, and elemental data
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified
Provenance
- Source
- U.S. Geological Survey Fate of Carbon in Alaskan Landscapes (FOCAL) project
- Collection Method
- Field sampling and laboratory analysis of soils from sites varying in age since fire and soil drainage
- Geography
- Thompson, Manitoba, Canada region