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Hunt, Allen; Egli, Markus: Characteristics of the alpine sites and related climate and erosion input data used for modelling [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.899503 (dataset in review), Supplement to: Hunt, A; Egli, M (2019): The origin and formation of clay minerals in Alpine soils. Allen Hunt & Markus Egli (eds.), Book Hydrogeology, Chemical Weathering and Soil Formation

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Abstract:
Clay mineral composition of Alpine soils together with site characteristics (such as coordinates, elevation, slope, geomorphic situation, vegetation, soils, hydrologic conditions, climate, etc).
Keyword(s):
Alpine soils; clay minerals; erosion; hydrology; percolation
Related to:
Böhlert, Ralph; Mirabella, Aldo; Plötze, Michael; Egli, Markus (2011): Landscape evolution in Val Mulix, eastern Swiss Alps – soil chemical and mineralogical analyses as age proxies. CATENA, 87(3), 313-325, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2011.06.013
Egli, Markus; Mirabella, Aldo; Fitze, Peter (2001): Clay mineral formation in soils of two different chronosequences in the Swiss Alps. Geoderma, 104(1-2), 145-175, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7061(01)00079-9
Egli, Markus; Mirabella, Aldo; Fitze, Peter (2003): Formation rates of smectites derived from two Holocene chronosequences in the Swiss Alps. Geoderma, 117(1-2), 81-98, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7061(03)00136-8
Egli, Markus; Mirabella, Aldo; Mancabelli, Alessandro; Sartori, Giacomo (2004): Weathering of Soils in Alpine Areas as Influenced by Climate and Parent Material. Clays and Clay Minerals, 52(3), 287-303, https://doi.org/10.1346/CCMN.2004.0520304
Egli, Markus; Mirabella, Aldo; Sartori, Giacomo; Zanelli, Remo; Bischof, Simone (2006): Effect of north and south exposure on weathering rates and clay mineral formation in Alpine soils. CATENA, 67(3), 155-174, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2006.02.010
Favilli, Filippo; Egli, Markus; Brandova, Dagmar; Ivy-Ochs, Susan D; Kubik, Peter W; Cherubini, Paolo; Mirabella, Aldo; Sartori, Giacomo; Giaccai, Daniele; Haeberli, Wilfried (2009): Combined use of relative and absolute dating techniques for detecting signals of Alpine landscape evolution during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene. Geomorphology, 112(1-2), 48-66, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.05.003
Hitz, Christian; Egli, Markus; Fitze, Peter (2001): Below‐ground and above‐ground production of vegetational organic matter along a climosequence in alpine grasslands. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 164, 389-397
Mavris, Christian; Egli, Markus; Plötze, Michael; Blum, Joel D; Mirabella, Aldo; Giaccai, Daniele; Haeberli, Wilfried (2010): Initial stages of weathering and soil formation in the Morteratsch proglacial area (Upper Engadine, Switzerland). Geoderma, 155(3-4), 359-371, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.12.019
Soil Survey Division Staff (2014): Keys to Soil Taxonomy. US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and National Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), Twelfth Edition, Washington.
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 46.413051 * Median Longitude: 10.018341 * South-bound Latitude: 46.133300 * West-bound Longitude: 7.876700 * North-bound Latitude: 46.833300 * East-bound Longitude: 11.433300
Minimum ELEVATION: 950 m a.s.l. * Maximum ELEVATION: 2552 m a.s.l.
Event(s):
Gletsch * Latitude: 46.562900 * Longitude: 8.360400 * Location: Alps * Method/Device: Soil profile (SOIL) * Comment: Coordinates are mean values
Morteratsch * Latitude: 46.439300 * Longitude: 9.947500 * Location: Alps * Method/Device: Soil profile (SOIL) * Comment: Coordinates are mean values
Schmadri * Latitude: 46.505950 * Longitude: 7.878050 * Location: Alps * Method/Device: Soil profile (SOIL) * Comment: Coordinates are mean values
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1Event labelEventEgli, MarkusPlot
2SiteSiteEgli, MarkusSite and further designation
3LATITUDELatitudeEgli, MarkusGeocode
4LONGITUDELongitudeEgli, MarkusGeocode
5ELEVATIONElevationm a.s.l.Egli, MarkusGeocode – m a.s.l.
6AspectAspectdegEgli, Markus°N
7SlopeSlopedegEgli, Markus
8Slope descriptionSlope descEgli, MarkusSlope form
9MaterialMaterialEgli, Markus
10DescriptionDescriptionEgli, MarkusGeomorphic situation
11Major vegetationMajor vegetationEgli, Markus
12Soil classification systemSoil classEgli, MarkusSoil taxonomy
13Age, soilSoil ageaEgli, Markus
14Precipitation, annual totalPrecip annual totalmm/aEgli, Markus
15Temperature, annual meanMAT°CEgli, Markus
16EvapotranspirationETmm/aEgli, Markus
17Surface runoffSurf runoffmm/aEgli, Markus
18Soil water, fluxSoil w fmm/aEgli, Markus
19Erosion rateErosion ratet/km2/aEgli, Markus
20Soil productionSoil prodm/aEgli, Markus
21Soil thicknessSoil thickcmEgli, Markus
22Median, grain sizeD50µmEgli, Markus
23Median, grain sizeD50µmEgli, MarkusCalculatedwith factor of 0.83, µm
24Reference/sourceReferenceEgli, Markus
25AspectAspectEgli, Markus
26HydrobiotiteHydrobt%Egli, Markus
27SmectiteSme%Egli, Markus
28ChloriteChl%Egli, Markus
29Highly hydroxy-interlayered vermiculiteHHIV%Egli, Markus
30Hydroxy-interlayered vermiculite and hydroxy-interlayered smectiteHIV+HIS%Egli, Markus
31Hydroxy-interlayered smectiteHIS%Egli, Markus
32Hydroxy-interlayered vermiculiteHIV%Egli, Markus
33VermiculiteVrm%Egli, Markus
34MicaMica%Egli, Markus
35Interstratified mica/hydroxy-interlayered vermiculiteMI/HIV%Egli, Markus
36KaoliniteKln%Egli, Markus
37Interstratified mica-smectiteMica/Sme%Egli, Markus
38SumSum%Egli, MarkusTotal smectitic components
39Chlorite, hydroxy-interlayered vermiculite and Highly hydroxy-interlayered vermiculiteChl+HIV+HHIV%Egli, Markus
40Hydroxy-interlayered vermiculite and highly hydroxy-interlayered vermiculiteHHIV+HIV%Egli, Markus
41SumSum%Egli, MarkusSum chloritic components
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)
Size:
2936 data points

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