Hiepe, Claudia (2014): Classification of soil profiles from the Ouémé Upper Catchment (HVO), Térou, Benin [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.832910, In supplement to: Hiepe, C (2008): Soil degradation by water erosion in a sub-humid West-African catchment: a modelling approach considering land use and climate change in Benin. PhD Thesis, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 307 pp, hdl:10013/epic.43322.d001
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Coverage:
Median Latitude: 9.640548 * Median Longitude: 2.242613 * South-bound Latitude: 9.074360 * West-bound Longitude: 1.650590 * North-bound Latitude: 10.131450 * East-bound Longitude: 2.721820
Date/Time Start: 2004-09-26T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2004-10-31T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.23 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.73 m
Event(s):
HVO (Ouémé Upper Catchment) * Latitude: 9.678700 * Longitude: 2.267300 * Location: Benin, West Africa * Campaign: IMPETUS * Method/Device: Multiple investigations (MULT)
Parameter(s):
# | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
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1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Geocode | |||
2 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Geocode | |||
3 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Geocode | |||
4 | UTM Easting, Universal Transverse Mercator | UTM east | m | Hiepe, Claudia | ||
5 | UTM Northing, Universal Transverse Mercator | UTM north | m | Hiepe, Claudia | ||
6 | UTM Zone, Universal Transverse Mercator | UTM Zone | Hiepe, Claudia | |||
7 | Sample elevation | Elevation | m | Hiepe, Claudia | ||
8 | DEPTH, sediment/rock | Depth sed | m | Geocode | ||
9 | Depth, top/min | Depth top | m | Hiepe, Claudia | ||
10 | Depth, bottom/max | Depth bot | m | Hiepe, Claudia | ||
11 | Soil type | Soil type | Hiepe, Claudia | |||
12 | Soil horizon | Soil hori | Hiepe, Claudia | WRB soil group | ||
13 | Classification | Classification | Hiepe, Claudia | Fertility capability classification of soil | ||
14 | Soil composition | Soil comp | Hiepe, Claudia | Interpretation |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
185 data points
Data
1 Date/Time | 2 Latitude | 3 Longitude | 4 UTM east [m] | 5 UTM north [m] | 6 UTM Zone | 7 Elevation [m] | 8 Depth sed [m] | 9 Depth top [m] | 10 Depth bot [m] | 11 Soil type | 12 Soil hori | 13 Classification | 14 Soil comp |
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2004-10-24 | 10.01561 | 2.51650 | 447013 | 1107177 | 31P | 381 | 0.23 | 0 | 0.45 | 3 | Orthi-dystric Leptosol | L''d+ehk | high leaching potential, low nutrient reserves, gravel content >35%, too dry to grow a crop without irrigation |
2004-10-17 | 9.76059 | 2.36138 | 429958 | 1079009 | 31P | 334 | 0.38 | 0 | 0.75 | 14 | Ferrali-Plinthic Cambisol | L''ehk | high leaching potential, low nutrient reserves, gravel content >35% |
2004-10-24 | 10.08907 | 1.92320 | 382013 | 1115455 | 31P | 394 | 0.70 | 0 | 1.40 | 17 | Humic Lixisol | L'L''k | low nutrient reserves, gravel content >35% in second horizon, 15-35% gravel in first horizon |
2004-10-22 | 9.76321 | 2.13730 | 405381 | 1079353 | 31P | 376 | 0.70 | 0 | 1.40 | 18 | Ferri-Endostagnic Acrisol | L''C''hk | low nutrient reserves, gravel content >35% in first and second horizon, high erosion risk due to abrupt textural change |
2004-10-22 | 9.97024 | 1.86963 | 376098 | 1102334 | 31P | 370 | 0.70 | 0 | 1.40 | 21 | Hypereutric Vertisol | L'C'k | low nutrient reserves, gravel content 10-35%, high erosion risk due to abrupt textural change |
2004-10-20 | 9.64619 | 1.73887 | 361628 | 1066550 | 31P | 432 | 0.73 | 0 | 1.45 | 25 | Endoskeleti-Albic Acrisol | L''ek | high leaching potential, low nutrient reserves, gravel content >35% |
2004-10-20 | 9.71350 | 1.65090 | 352004 | 1074030 | 31P | 439 | 0.70 | 0 | 1.40 | 29 | Eutric Gleysol (Gleyic Lixisol) | LL' | gravel content >35% in second horizon |
2004-09-26 | 9.20552 | 2.31114 | 424326 | 1017647 | 31P | 0.43 | 0 | 0.85 | 31 | Arenosol | S | ||
2004-09-26 | 9.17980 | 2.30110 | 423218 | 1014805 | 31P | 0.55 | 0 | 1.10 | 45 | Haplic Acrisol | S'L | gravel content 10-35%, high erosion risk due to abrupt textural change | |
2004-09-27 | 9.23360 | 2.34877 | 428466 | 1020744 | 31P | 0.60 | 0 | 1.20 | 48 | Profondic Lixisol | LL' | gravel content >35% in second horizon | |
2004-10-23 | 9.99479 | 1.65059 | 352095 | 1105139 | 31P | 476 | 0.60 | 0 | 1.20 | 55 | Haplic Lixisol | L' | gravel content >35% |
2004-10-16 | 9.34578 | 2.56057 | 451747 | 1033111 | 31P | 349 | 0.50 | 0 | 1.00 | 56 | Plinthic Acrisol | SL''ehk | high leaching potential, low nutrient reserves, high erosion risk due to abrupt textural change |
2004-10-13 | 9.31306 | 2.49162 | 444170 | 1029504 | 31P | 329 | 0.60 | 0 | 1.20 | 58 | Humic Lixisol | L'g+k | prolonged water logging, low nutrient reserves |
2004-10-31 | 9.45218 | 2.42419 | 436790 | 1044897 | 31P | 293 | 0.40 | 0 | 0.80 | 62 | Albi-Petric Plinthosol | LL''k | low nutrient reserves, gravel content >35% in second horizon |
2004-10-22 | 10.13145 | 1.93875 | 383732 | 1120135 | 31P | 465 | 0.35 | 0 | 0.70 | 70 | Albi-Petric Plinthosol | L'L' | gravel content >35% in second horizon, 15-35% gravel in first horizon |
2004-10-13 | 9.07436 | 2.55240 | 450812 | 1003104 | 31P | 374 | 0.55 | 0 | 1.10 | 80 | Plinthic Arenosol | Sehk | high leaching potential, low nutrient reserves |
2004-10-12 | 9.34247 | 2.53811 | 449280 | 1032748 | 31P | 394 | 0.55 | 0 | 1.10 | 90 | Acric Ferralsol (Ferric Acrisol) | S''L''eghk | high leaching potential, water logging, low nutrient reserves, gravel content >35%, high erosion risk due to abrupt textural change |
2004-10-14 | 10.02155 | 2.57280 | 453183 | 1107826 | 31P | 429 | 0.50 | 0 | 1.00 | 91 | Plinthic Ferralsol | L''ek | high leaching potential, low nutrient reserves, gravel content >35% |
2004-10-15 | 9.91745 | 2.72182 | 469505 | 1096298 | 31P | 0.30 | 0 | 0.60 | 101 | Eutric Gleysol | L''L'k | low nutrient reserves, gravel content >35% in first horizon, 15-35% gravel in second horizon |