Soil aggregate stability data from arable and grassland in Countryside Survey, Great Britain 2007

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• Last updated: 16 February 2023
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Summary

This dataset consists of Particle Size Distribution (PSD) measurements made on 419 archived topsoil samples and derived aggregate stability metrics from arable and grassland habitats across Great Britain in 2007. Laser granulometry was used to measure PSD of 1–2 mm aggregates before and after sonication and the difference in their Mean Weight Diameter (MWD) used to indicate aggregate stability. The samples were collected as part of the Countryside Survey monitoring programme, a unique study or ‘audit’ of the natural resources of the UK’s countryside. The analyses were conducted as part of study aiming to quantify how soil quality indicators change across a gradient of agricultural land management and to identify conditions that determine the ability of different soils to resist and recover from perturbations. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/be3793b6-90fb-4e4c-9515-220cc33223b9

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2022-05-20T10:40:36
• Access contraints: © UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
• Harvest GUID: be3793b6-90fb-4e4c-9515-220cc33223b9
• Extent: Latitude: 60.861° to 49.864°
• Extent: Longitude: -8.648° to 1.768°
• Dataset reference date: 2020-03-04 (publication)
• Responsible party: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (author, pointOfContact, owner); British Geological Survey (author); NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre (custodian); NERC Environmental Information Data Centre (publisher)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
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