Metadata details
AAS_4135_soil_properties
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- Citation
- Hose, G., Michie, A. and Errington, I. (2018) Macquarie Island soil property data - January to March, 2013, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/57BA600181524, Accessed: 2026-09-07
- Title
- Macquarie Island soil property data - January to March, 2013
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.4225/15/57BA600181524
- Created Date
- 2016-08-17
- Revision Date
- 2026-04-23
- Parent record
- None
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
Soil cores were collected from numerous locations across the Macquarie Island Isthmus to test the residual toxicity of petroleum hydrocarbons in sub-Antarctic soils.. Replicate samples were collected from each location and a single sample was collected from 50cm depth below the surface. Soil samples were collected in plastic sample jars.
Column labels
Sample - Unique numerical sample identifier
Location - Location identifier code
Easting - easting (m)
Northing - northing (m)
Depth - Depth of collection (cm) below surface
% Organic - Organic matter determined by loss on ignition at 550 degrees centigrade
% 2mm - Proportion of sample by mass with particle size greater than 2mm determined by dry sieving
% 63 um - Proportion of sample by mass with particle size greater than 63 micron, less than 2mm determined by dry sieving
% less than 63 um - Proportion of sample by mass with particle size less than 63 micron determined by dry sieving
% Water - Proportion of water in field collected sample, determined by loss of mass after drying at 80deg C until constant weight
Cond uS/cm - Electrical conductivity of soil determined using field conductivity probe after addition of milli-Q water and shaking for 2 h
pH - pH of soil determined using field pH probe after addition of milli-Q water and shaking for 2 h
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 2013-01-01 - Stop date: 2013-03-16
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOTOXICOLOGY > TOXICITY LEVELS
- EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > CONTAMINANTS > PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS
- EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS
- EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL CHEMISTRY
- EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > ORGANIC MATTER
Additional Keywords
- TOXICITY
- SOILS
- HYDROCARBONS
Locations
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
Platforms
- FIELD INVESTIGATION
- FIELD SURVEYS
Instruments
- CORING DEVICES
- SOIL SAMPLER
Researchers
- hose, grant (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
- michie, alexander (TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- errington, ingrid (TECHNICAL CONTACT)
Use Constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AAS_4135_soil_properties when using these data.
