(Table 1) Soil description of pits dug in coastal, inland and higland Antarctic Dry Valleys

• Main Authors: Kounaves, Samuel P, Stroble, Shannon T, Anderson, Rachel M, Moore, Quincy, Catling, David C, Douglas, Susanne, McKay, Christopher P, Ming, Douglas W, Smith, Peter H, Tamppari, Leslie K, Zent, Aaron P
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2010
• Subjects: Antarctica; Area/locality; Depth; reference; Digging pit; DPIT; ELEVATION; Event label; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Lower_Beacon_P11; Lower_Taylor_P1; Lower_Taylor_P2; Lower_Taylor_P3; Lower_Taylor_P4; Middle_Beacon_P20; Middle_Victoria_P7; Middle_Victoria_P8; Number; Sample comment; Sample ID; Soil type; Standard deviation; University_Vall_P10; University_Vall_P7; Upper_Wright_P13; Antarctic; Antarc*; International Polar Year
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.812153; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.812153

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