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SSHCZO -- Soil Gas, Soil Moisture -- Garner Run and Shale Hills -- (2015-2016)


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Abstract

Shale and sandstone are the most common lithologies of the forested ridges throughout the Appalachian Mountains. The overall goal of this thesis was to determine whether these two rock types impart distinct biogeochemical properties to soils and plants. The effects of rock type (lithology) on soil gas concentration, nutrient concentration and nutrient limitation were studied in the Ridge and Valley province of central Pennsylvania. To increase understanding of lithological controls on soil gases (Chapter 1), we monitored the depth distribution of soil CO2 and O2 concentrations in central Pennsylvania in two watersheds on different lithologies. We deployed gas monitoring instrumentation on two catena transects that included four topographical positions, one located on sandstone and the other on shale. As expected, with increasing soil depth O2 concentrations decreased while pCO2 increased. CO2 and O2 concentrations varied more with topographical position than with lithology, as the valley floor positions in both catenas had the highest pCO2 for a given depth. Both manual sampling from gas access tubes throughout the soil profile and continuous sampling by buried sensors documented these patterns.

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Coverage

Spatial

Coordinate System/Geographic Projection:
WGS 84 EPSG:4326
Coordinate Units:
Decimal degrees
Place/Area Name:
Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory, Garner Run and Shale Hills
North Latitude
40.7050°
East Longitude
-77.9121°
South Latitude
40.6894°
West Longitude
-77.9289°

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End Date:

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SSHCZO -- Soil Gas, Soil Moisture -- Garner Run and Shale Hills -- (2015-2016)


OVERVIEW

Description/Abstract

Shale and sandstone are the most common lithologies of the forested ridges throughout the Appalachian Mountains. The overall goal of this thesis was to determine whether these two rock types impart distinct biogeochemical properties to soils and plants. The effects of rock type (lithology) on soil gas concentration, nutrient concentration and nutrient limitation were studied in the Ridge and Valley province of central Pennsylvania. To increase understanding of lithological controls on soil gases (Chapter 1), we monitored the depth distribution of soil CO2 and O2 concentrations in central Pennsylvania in two watersheds on different lithologies. We deployed gas monitoring instrumentation on two catena transects that included four topographical positions, one located on sandstone and the other on shale. As expected, with increasing soil depth O2 concentrations decreased while pCO2 increased. CO2 and O2 concentrations varied more with topographical position than with lithology, as the valley floor positions in both catenas had the highest pCO2 for a given depth. Both manual sampling from gas access tubes throughout the soil profile and continuous sampling by buried sensors documented these patterns.

Creator/Author

Jason Kaye|Lillian Hill

CZOs

Shale Hills

Contact

Dr. Jason Kaye, Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, 416 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, University Park, PA 16802, (814) 863-1614 jpk12@psu.edu, Lillian Hill, lillianzane13@gmail.com, Former Graduate Student




SUBJECTS

Disciplines

Geophysics|Geochemistry / Mineralogy

Topics

Soil Gas|Soil Moisture

Keywords

Soil Gas|CO2|O2|automated sensors|hand sampled|soil moisture|TDR

Variables

TIMESTAMP|RECORD| O2_30_Avg|O2_80_Avg|DiffVolt_1_Avg|DiffVolt_2_Avg|CO2_30_lo_Avg|CO2_30_hi_Avg|CO2_80_lo_Avg|CO2_80_hi_Avg

Variables ODM2

Carbon dioxide|Voltage|Oxygen|Recorder code




TEMPORAL

Date Start

2015-08-15

Date End

2016-12-01




SPATIAL

Field Areas

Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory

Location

Garner Run and Shale Hills

North latitude

40.704951

South latitude

40.689399

West longitude

-77.928923

East longitude

-77.912089




REFERENCE

Citation

The following acknowledgment should accompany any publication or citation of these data: Logistical support and/or data were provided by the NSF-supported Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory.

CZO ID

6639



Additional Metadata

Name Value
czos Shale Hills
czo_id 6639
citation The following acknowledgment should accompany any publication or citation of these data: Logistical support and/or data were provided by the NSF-supported Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory.
keywords Soil Gas, CO2, O2, automated sensors, hand sampled, soil moisture, TDR
variables TIMESTAMP, RECORD, O2_30_Avg, O2_80_Avg, DiffVolt_1_Avg, DiffVolt_2_Avg, CO2_30_lo_Avg, CO2_30_hi_Avg, CO2_80_lo_Avg, CO2_80_hi_Avg
disciplines Geophysics, Geochemistry / Mineralogy

How to Cite

Kaye, J., L. Hill (2019). SSHCZO -- Soil Gas, Soil Moisture -- Garner Run and Shale Hills -- (2015-2016), HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/ae3eb4d9c8604235b41c02efff86ad9c

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