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Australian Soil Carbon Research Program

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Definition

This data collection contains measurements of the carbon content and composition in the 0 to 30 cm layer of soil under a range of agricultural management practices in numerous regions around Australia. It also contains the data required to calculate the stocks of soil organic carbon and its components and various climate, topographic and management data associated with each soil collection site. Lineage: Soil carbon contents (total, organic and inorganic) and for some samples total nitrogen content were measured directly. The distribution of soil organic carbon (SOC) in three major SOC fractions (e.g. particulate, humus and resistant organic carbon) was directly measured on a subset of samples using a combination of physical size fractionation and solid-state 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). All soil carbon and total nitrogen contents were also predicted from mid infrared (MIR) spectra collected for all soil samples. The measured analytical data was used in association with the associated MIR spectra in a partial least squares regression (PLSR) analysis to derive predictive algorithms, and these algorithms were used to generate predicted values. Detailed management histories were collected where available and other potential determinants of SOC content and composition such as climate, soil type and topography were obtained.

Temporal and Spatial Information

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Data source details

Release Date
Contact Point
request.data@grdc.com.au
Rights
All Rights (including copyright) CSIRO, Department of Agriculture and Food of Western Australia, Department of Environment and Natural Resources South Australia, NSW Catchment Management Authority - Murray, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, NSW Primary Industries, Queensland Department of Environment & Resource Management, Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research, University of New England, University of Tasmania, University of Western Australia, Victoria Department of Primary Industries 2013.
License
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 Licence

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Contributing organisations

CSIRO
Role: Owner

Department of Agriculture and Food of Western Australia
Role: Associated

Department of Environment and Natural Resources South Australia
Role: Associated

NSW Catchment Management Authority - Murray
Role: Associated

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
Role: Associated

NSW Primary Industries
Role: Associated

Queensland Department of Environment & Resource Management
Role: Associated

Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research
Role: Associated

University of New England
Role: Associated

University of Tasmania
Role: Associated

University of Western Australia
Role: Associated

Victoria Department of Primary Industries
Role: Associated


Contributing people

Jeff Baldock
Role: Associated
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6428-8555

Jonathan Sanderman
Role: Associated

Lynne Macdonald
Role: Associated
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7484-0710

Diane Allen
Role: Associated

Annette Cowie
Role: Associated

Ram Dalal
Role: Associated

Michael Davy
Role: Associated

Richard Doyle
Role: Associated

Tim Herrmann
Role: Associated

Dan Murphy
Role: Associated

Fiona Robertson
Role: Associated


Digital object identifier

10.25919/5ddfd6888d4e5
Licence type

CC-BY-NC

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 Licence
Access rights type

Rights - Open

All Rights (including copyright) CSIRO, Department of Agriculture and Food of Western Australia, Department of Environment and Natural Resources South Australia, NSW Catchment Management Authority - Murray, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, NSW Primary Industries, Queensland Department of Environment & Resource Management, Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research, University of New England, University of Tasmania, University of Western Australia, Victoria Department of Primary Industries 2013.

Data is accessible online and may be reused in accordance with licence conditions
Related GRDC investments

  • CSA00019 Soil Carbon Research Program
    GRDC Contract Code: CSA00019
    Relationship: Output
Related publications

  • Sanderman, Jonathan; Baldock, Jeff; Hawke, Bruce; Macdonald, Lynne; Puccini, Athina; Szarvas, Steve. National Soil Carbon Research Programme: Field and Laboratory Methodologies. CSIRO; 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/102.100.100/101994?index=1
    Other identifier: https://publications.csiro.au/rpr/pub?pid=csiro:EP117207
    Relationship: Is referenced by
Keywords

  • soil
  • agriculture
  • crops
  • pastures
  • carbon
  • sequestration
  • baseline
  • stocks
  • fractions
  • nitrogen
  • carbonate
  • particulate
  • humus
  • resistant
  • charcoal
Fields of Research (FoR) codes

  • 410101 - 410101 (unable to view classification)

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