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Descriptions, Depth to Refusal, and Field-Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity of Soils on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska, 2012-2016

This dataset includes soil data collected from various landscapes adjacent to thaw ponds on the North Slope of Alaska between 2012 and 2018. The landscapes include ice-rich polygonal ground found on basin uplands, as well as bluffs and lake edges. At each site a visual description of soil type and texture was performed, and a permafrost probe was used to determine a 'depth to refusal'. Given that the soils are mostly fine-grained and there were no obvious rock strikes, we believe that 'depth to refusal' indicates the thaw depth. Field-saturated hydraulic conductivity was determined in most locations using a Guelph Permeameter.

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Author(s) Joshua C Koch orcid
Publication Date 2020-08-10
Beginning Date of Data 2012-07-16
Ending Date of Data 2016-08-04
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9US8C5X
Citation Koch, J.C., 2020, Descriptions, Depth to Refusal, and Field-Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity of Soils on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska, 2012-2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9US8C5X.
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Metadata Date 2025-05-10
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