CALM SITE R46 |
CHARA BELENKIY |
|
||
Site
code |
R46 |
|
||
Site
name |
Chara_Belenkiy
|
|
||
CAPS
I Metadata form |
NA |
|
||
CAPS
II Metadata form |
NA |
|
||
Responsible for
data submission |
Aleksyutina Daria, Gergesova Julia, Bolotyuk Mikhail, Sergeev Dmitry |
|
||
Email Address |
|
|||
Institution/Organization |
Moscow State University; Institute of Environmental Geoscience RAS, |
|
||
Location
description |
Verhne-Charsky basin, north of the Chita region |
|
||
Location Lat. |
56,76038 (for site center) |
|
||
Location Lon. |
118,18903(for site center) |
|
||
Elevation avg. (m) |
728 |
|
||
Methods Grid |
100 |
|
||
Methods Other |
Soil temperature, Soil Moisture,
Soil density |
|
||
Landscape
Description |
Plain of first terrace |
|
||
Vegetation /Classification |
Taiga (larch-grass-dwarf
shrub-moss landcover) |
|
||
Soils (or Material) |
Sandy silt and peat overlaid by sands |
|
||
Thaw depth measurements (year started) |
2013 |
|
||
Air temp. measurements (year started) |
2013 |
|
||
Snow cover measurements (year started) |
No |
|
||
Soil temp.
measurements (year started) |
2013 |
|
||
soil moisture measurements (year started) |
|
|
||
general description of soil moisture (dry, moist, wet, saturated) |
From moist to saturated |
|
||
soil texture: if non organic describe texture, if organic indicate
thickness of organic layer (cm) |
More than |
|
||
SITE DESCRIPTION
Active layer
monitoring at the Chara_Belenkiy CALM grid was initiated in
2013. Studied area is located in the southwest from New Chara city, north of the
SOIL DESCRIPTION: (predominant texture, i.e.,
‘sand’, ‘gravel’, ‘peat’, etc.): Upper part of geological section is composed
by sandy silt and peat overlaid by alluvial sands. In previous year moisture (water
mass to mass of dry soil), density of these soils were studied in laboratory.
The water content of peat varies from 55 to 460 % and density varies from 0.3
to 1.1 g/cm3. The moisture of sands varies from 10 to 30% and
density varies from 1.3 to 1.55 g/cm3. The moisture of sandy silt
ranges from 15 to 260% and density varies from 1.1 to 1.85 g/cm3.
SAMPLING DESIGN AND METHOD:
1-ha grid consists of a square array of permanent
stakes separated by