slightly decomposed feather moss and sphagnum
slightly decomposed S. riparium and some sedge
undecomposed feather moss and sphagnum
"Surface"
"To a depth just on top of a hard or soft calcarious material"
0-2.1
14
14.4-19.7
19.7-31.1
2.1-4.3
20
25
28
31.1-61.6
36
4.3-9.2
5
52
78
9.2-14.4
A
A/AB/ABjj Topsoil horizons  (near surface mineral horizons)
Aggregated clay
Aggregated subsoil
alternating ice-rich & ice-poor silt, few/no organics but many redox bands
Ash
ashy, silty mineral
B/C horizons of the subsoil (can be also cryoturbated)
basal peat; mesic
black & brown amorphous material
black amorphous material above mineral
Black decomp. moss
Black,charred moss
Blackened moss with litter
Blocky B
Blocky clay
Blocky clay
Blocky clay (c)
Blocky clay B horizon
Blocky clay with slight varves
Blocky clay with varves
Blocky clay with varves; frozen at 77
Blocky sandy loam w/ iron oxides (Bs2)
Blocky sandy loam w/ iron oxides (Bs3)
Blocky shotty clay
Blocky silty clay
Blocky, shotty clay,C1 horizon
Blocky,clay B horizon
Blocky,dark,clay A horizon
Blocky,shotty clay C1 horizon
Blocky,shotty clay,C1 horizon
bottom is mineral soil
Brown fibric moss and many roots
Brown fibrous moss
brown mineral mixed with dark brown organics & charred plant material
Brown moss
brown moss
Brown moss (fibrous)
Brown moss with very fine roots
Brown moss,common roots
Brown moss; many roots
Brown moss; slightly decomp.; many roots
Brown slightly decomp. moss and char
brown slightly decomposed moss
brown sphagnum
Brown sphagnum
brown undecomposed moss
Brown/black moss
brownish silt loam
brownish-gray mineral with smaller pockets of organics
buried organic horizon with wood & char
buried silt loam with some mottling
Burned
burned, charred dead moss
Bw1
Bw2
Bwb1/Ab
CEC and base sum for 30-40cm
char and dead moss
charcoal
Charred  dark moss
charred and decomp organic matter
Charred feather moss
Charred feather moss; sphag. nearby; root mat at base?
Charred feathermoss
Charred organics
charred organics and roots
charred remains, few recognizable plant parts, smears, when squeeze get brown but no ooze
charred sedge
Charred topsoil
Charred wood
clay
Clay
Clay B horizon
Clay BC horizon
Clay subsoil
clay with some organics
composite of 4 pedons: divergent & convergent at two layers (0-10, 30-40)
Composite of DPPL1a, DPPL1b, DPPL1c
Composite of DPPU2a, DPPU2b, DPPU2c
Composite of TRPU1a, TRPU1b, TRPU1c
Cores collected from surface to top of frozen layer
Cryoturbated pockets of A an O material in the subsoil
Dark A horizon
dark brown sedgea nd sphagnum fragments
dark brown silt clay loam
Darkened A
Darkened A horizon
Darkened mineral A
darkened mineral soil, water table at 20 cm
darker brown moss with charcoal
darker fibric layer with few recognizable plant parts, beginnings of amorphous
Data extracted from Fig. 3A w/ WebPlotDigitizer
Data extracted from Fig. 3A w/ WebPlotDigitizer; assumed organic by virture of c_org content > 12%
Data extracted from Fig. 3B w/ WebPlotDigitizer
Data extracted from Fig. 3B w/ WebPlotDigitizer; assumed organic by virture of c_org content > 12%
data extracted from figure in paper using graph analysis software
date collected estimated to 2002, not detailed in publication
dead Hylocomium sp.
dead moss
dead moss (predominantly Hylocomium sp.) with leaf litter and minor fungus
dead moss w/ litter and roots
dead moss with litter
dead moss with lots of lichen and fungus, decomposed litter, recognizable plant parts, moldy
dead moss with some char mixed in, moss stems remaining
dead Pleurozium sp.
Decomp. charred organics with roots
Decomp. moss and wood; many roots
Decomp. organics
decomp. sphag.,roots
Decomposed charred organics
Decomposed litter
decomposed moss (Oh)
decomposed moss and roots
decomposed ogranics (with some char?)
decomposed organics
Decomposed organics Oe
Decomposed organics Oi
Decomposed organics,charcoal
decomposed roots and moss
decomposed sedge
decomposed sphagnum and sedge
dense root matrix with pockets of white fungus, almost no amorphous
Dense,wet clay
Depth estimated (not reported)
depth estimated (Oi + Oe/OA reported as 6cm)
Depths approximated by sample type (litter, organic, mineral)
depths estimated
diffucult to identify mixture of sedge and moss
Discontinuous hor; Char
Downed wood
dry ice-poor silt, 2 ice lenses at 58 & 59 cm, small charcoal inclusion at 60 cm
Estimated -5 to 5 or -5 to 10cm
estimated based on average thickness for series (no measurement made)
estimated depth
estimated depth and thickness (no measurements made)
Evidence for slash and burn practice
F1  (2 cm): Fragmentation layer; A1 layer (5 cm)
faintly mottled B horizon
few recognizable plant parts, none-slight smear, charred needles & remains
fibric dark brown peat and ice lenses
fibric organics, with char?
Fibric slightly decomp. moss w/roots
Fibrous  brown moss
Fibrous brown moss
Field Description: Ash, char, and roots;  Roots: many very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H7; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Ashy 'dust' mixed with moderately decomposed organics;  Roots: common fine, many very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H2-3; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Ashy soil;  Roots: few medium&coarse,many very fine; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: loose; Structure: massive
Field Description: Aulocomium sp., lichen, and litter; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Brown silt loam;  Roots: common very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Structure:
Field Description: Brown silt loam;  Roots: few very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Structure:
Field Description: Brown silt loam;  Roots: few very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Structure:
Field Description: Brown silt loam; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Structure:
Field Description: Brown silty mineral soil with charcoal;  Roots: common very fine and fine; Structure:
Field Description: Brown stratified silts;  Roots: few very fine; Structure:
Field Description: Brown, silt loam with many cobbles (~80% by volume);  Roots: few very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: massive breaking to weak coarse angular blocky
Field Description: Buried organic mat;  Roots: common very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H7; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Buried silts and organics;  Roots: common very fine and fine; Structure:
Field Description: Burned moss, litter, and lichen;  Roots: few fine, common very fine; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Burned organics;  Roots: many very fine, few fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H6; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Burned roots and decomposing organics;  Roots: many very fine, few fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H2; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Charred and uncharred moss;  Roots: common medium, many very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H2-3; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Charred litter; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Charred mat of roots and organics;  Roots: common fine, many very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H2-3; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Charred moss and litter;  Roots: many very fine, fine and medium; Von Post or Texture Class: H1-2; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Charred moss, roots, and litter; Von Post or Texture Class: H1-2; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Charred plant parts and roots; Von Post or Texture Class: H3; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Charred plant pieces and fine roots  ;  Roots: few fine, many very fine; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Charred root mat;  Roots: common fine, many very fine; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Charred roots and litter;  Roots: common-many very fine, common fine; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Charred roots and needles;  Roots: few fine, common very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H1; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Charred roots and organics;  Roots: common very fine; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Charred roots and plant pieces;  Roots: few medium, many very fine; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Charred roots, lichen, litter;  Roots: few fine and medium, common very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H1; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Charred tops of Polytrichum sp. and lichen;  Roots: few medium, many very fine and fine; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Charred twigs; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Charred, loose litter; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Cobbly , reddish, silt;  Roots: few medium, common fine and very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: loose; Structure: massive breaking to v.fine angular blocky
Field Description: Cobbly (~15%) silt loam;  Roots: few fine and medium, common very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: massive very fine angular blocky
Field Description: Cobbly (~15%) silt loam;  Roots: few fine and very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Structure: massive very fine angular blocky
Field Description: Cobbly (~20%) silt loam ;  Roots: few very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: not sticky; Structure:
Field Description: Cobbly (~50%) sandy loam; Von Post or Texture Class: sandy loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: weak fine angular blocky
Field Description: Cobbly (~55%), light brown silt loam;  Roots: common fine and very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: not sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: weak fine subangular blocky
Field Description: Cobbly loam;  Roots: few fine and medium, common very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: massive breaking to fine subangular blocky
Field Description: Cobbly, loamy sand;  Roots: common very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: loamy sand; Plasticity Category: not plastic ; Stickiness Category: not sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: weak granular-subangular blocky
Field Description: Cobbly, loamy soil;  Roots: few fine roots; Von Post or Texture Class: loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: sticky; Firmness Category: friable; Structure: weak angular blocky
Field Description: Cryoturbated (?) silt;  Roots: few very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: single grained
Field Description: Dark brown silt loam;  Roots: few fine and very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Structure:
Field Description: Dark brown, cobbly, silt;  Roots: few medium, common fine and very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: massive breaking to v.fine subangular blocky
Field Description: Dark brown, silt ;  Roots: common fine and medium, many very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt; Plasticity Category: plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: friable; Structure: massive breaking to fine subangular blocky
Field Description: Dark brown, silt;  Roots: few medium, common fine and very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: massive breaking to v.fine subangular blocky
Field Description: Dark brown/gray, loam with cobbles (~10%);  Roots: few medium, common fine and very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: not sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: massive breaking to fine sbk
Field Description: Dark gray and brown silt loam;  Roots: few very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Structure:
Field Description: Darkened loam;  Roots: common very fine, fine and medium; Von Post or Texture Class: loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: subangular blocky
Field Description: Darkened silt loam with charcoal;  Roots: few fine, common very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Structure: weak fine subangular blocky
Field Description: Darkened silt loam with cobbles and charcoal;  Roots: many very fine, few fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: not sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: weak medium subangular blocky
Field Description: Darkened soil ;  Roots: common ver fine, few fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: moderate coarse angular blocky
Field Description: Darkened, sandy loam with ash (?);  Roots: common very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: sandy loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: subangular
Field Description: Darkened, silt loam;  Roots: common fine and very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: not sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: weak very fine subangular blocky
Field Description: Dead moss and lichen;  Roots: few fine, common very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H1; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Dead moss and litter;  Roots: many very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H1; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Dead moss and litter; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Dead moss and roots;  Roots: common very fine and medium, many very fine and fine; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Dead moss and slightly decomposed litter;  Roots: few fine, many very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H2; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Dead moss and slightly decomposed litter;  Roots: few very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H2; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Dead moss, roots, leaves, and fungus;  Roots: common fine, many very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H3; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Dead moss; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Decomposed organics with roots;  Roots: many very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H2-3; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Firemoss with litter, char, and ash mixed in; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Frozen, brown-brown, silt loam;  Roots: roots present; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Structure:
Field Description: Frozen, gray and dark brown silt loam; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Structure:
Field Description: Frozen, gray, silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Structure:
Field Description: Frozen, gray, silt loam; Structure:
Field Description: Frozen, gray, silt loam; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Structure:
Field Description: Frozen, gray, silt loam; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Structure:
Field Description: Frozen, mottled silts; Structure:
Field Description: Grades to highly decomposed organics;  Roots: many very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H7; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Gravelly (~20%), silt loam with char and ash ;  Roots: few medium, common very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Structure: massive breaking to coarse subangular blocky
Field Description: Gravelly (~40%) silt loam or sandy loam;  Roots: few fine, common very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Structure: single grained
Field Description: Gravelly (~60%), gray loam;  Roots: few very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: loam ; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Structure: massive breaking to weak coarse subangular blocky
Field Description: Gravelly (~60%), red/brown, loamy sand;  Roots: many very fine, few fine; Von Post or Texture Class: loamy sand; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: not sticky; Structure: single grained
Field Description: Gravelly (~70%), oxidized, sandy loam to loamy sand;  Roots: common very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: sandy loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: not sticky; Structure: single grained
Field Description: Gravelly (~80%) loamy sand; Von Post or Texture Class: loamy sand; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: not sticky; Structure: single grained
Field Description: Gravelly (~85%) sandy loam; Von Post or Texture Class: sandy loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: weak v.fine subangular blocky
Field Description: Gravelly sandy loam ;  Roots: few very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: sandy loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: not sticky; Firmness Category: loose-friable; Structure: massive breaking to fine granular angular blocky
Field Description: Gravelly sandy loam with a few pockets of silty clay;  Roots: few medium, common fine and very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt clay loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: weak medium subangular blocky
Field Description: Gravelly sandy loam;  Roots: few fine and very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: sandy loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: not sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: weak fine subangular blocky
Field Description: Gravelly soil;  Roots: few very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: loose; Structure: single grained
Field Description: Gravelly, sandy loam with cobbles (30-50%); Von Post or Texture Class: sandy loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: not sticky; Structure: weak very fine subangular blocky
Field Description: Grayish silt loam with pockets of gravel (~20%);  Roots: few fine, common very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: friable; Structure: weak fine angular blocky
Field Description: Grayish, silt loam with gravel and cobbles;  Roots: few fine and very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: not sticky; Structure: weak very fine subangular blocky
Field Description: Grey and brown soil with cobbles (~80%); Von Post or Texture Class: silt clay loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic ; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: weak very fine subangular blocky
Field Description: Grey and brown, cobbly, silt loam ; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic ; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: weak very fine subangular blocky
Field Description: Grey sandy loam;  Roots: very few very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: sandy loam; Firmness Category: loose; Structure: single grained
Field Description: Grey silt loam with cobbles (~55%); Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: loose ; Structure: massive breaking to v.fine angular blocky
Field Description: Grey silt loam with cobbles;  Roots: few very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure:
Field Description: Grey silty loam with small cobbles;  Roots: few very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: loose-friable; Structure: massive breaking to v.fine angular blocky
Field Description: Grey, cobbly (~60%) sandy loam ; Von Post or Texture Class: sandy loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: weak v.fine subangular blocky
Field Description: Grey, silt loam with gravel and cobbles; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: not sticky; Structure: weak very fine subangular blocky
Field Description: Grey, silty loam with cobbles;  Roots: common very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: loose; Structure: weak fine subangular blocky
Field Description: Grey, silty/sand;  Roots: common very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: loamy sand; Plasticity Category: not plastic ; Stickiness Category: not sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: weak granular-subangular blocky
Field Description: Highly decomposed organics (including char?) plus mineral soil;  Roots: few fine, common very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H7-8; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Highly decomposed organics and roots;  Roots: common medium, many very fine and fine; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Highly decomposed organics with char;  Roots: common fine, many very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H7; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Highly decomposed organics with char;  Roots: common very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H8; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Highly decomposed organics;  Roots: common ver fine, few fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H8; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Highly decomposed organics; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Hylocomium sp. ; Von Post or Texture Class: H1; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Hylocomium sp. and Cladina sp.; Von Post or Texture Class: H1; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Hylocomium sp. and Peltigera sp.; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Last years dead moss, roots, litter;  Roots: common very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H2; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Lichen and firemoss; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Lichen and litter; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Light brown sandy loam with cobbles (~10%);  Roots: few very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: weak v.fine angular blocky
Field Description: Light brown silt loam;  Roots: common very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Structure:
Field Description: Light brown silt loam;  Roots: few medium, common very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Structure: massive breaking to coarse subangular blocky
Field Description: Light brown silt loam;  Roots: few very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Structure:
Field Description: Light brown silt loam;  Roots: few very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Structure:
Field Description: Light brown, silt loam with some cobbles (~10%);  Roots: few very fine ; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: massive breaking to weak fine subangular blocky
Field Description: Litter of leaves, needles, and lichen; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Live and dead lichen, dead moss, and litter; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Live lichen and reindeer moss; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Live moss (Aulacomnium sp.?), lichen, litter; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Live moss (Aulacomnium sp.?), litter; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Live moss and litter; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Live moss, litter, and lichen; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Live moss, litter, and lichen; Von Post or Texture Class: H1; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Live moss; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Mixed brown/red/brown silty loam with cobbles;  Roots: few fine, common very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: massive
Field Description: Mixed gray/red/brown silty loam with cobbles;  Roots: few medium, common very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: massive
Field Description: Moderately decomposed organics ;  Roots: common fine and medium, many very fine; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Moderately decomposed organics ;  Roots: many very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H5; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Moderately decomposed organics and roots;  Roots: common fine, many very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H3; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Moderately decomposed organics in root mat and fungus ;  Roots: common very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H4; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Moderately decomposed organics in root matrix; Von Post or Texture Class: H5; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Moderately decomposed organics with ash mixed in;  Roots: few very fine and medium, common fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H4-5; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Moderately decomposed organics with char;  Roots: common very fine and medium, many very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H6; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Moderately decomposed organics with charcoal;  Roots: common fine, few very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H6; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Moderately decomposed organics with fungus in top of layer ;  Roots: few fine and medium, many very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H5; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Moderately decomposed organics with roots and fungus;  Roots: few medium, common fine, many very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H3+; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Moderately decomposed organics;  Roots: common fine, many very fine; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Moderately decomposed organics;  Roots: common fine, many very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H5; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Moderately decomposed organics;  Roots: common very fine, fine and medium; Von Post or Texture Class: H4; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Moderately decomposed organics;  Roots: common very fine; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Moderately decomposed organics;  Roots: common very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H5; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Moderately decomposed organics;  Roots: few coarse, many very fine; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Moderately decomposed organics;  Roots: few medium, fine and very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H6; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Moderately decomposed organics; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Mottled gray and yellow loam with gravel; Von Post or Texture Class: loam; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: massive breaking to weak coarse subangular
Field Description: Mottled gray and yellow, loam with gravel; Von Post or Texture Class: loam; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: massive breaking to weak coarse subangular
Field Description: Mottled with red and gray, silt loam with some rocks;  Roots: few fine, common very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: not sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: massive breaking to angular blocky
Field Description: Mottled yellow and gray, gravelly (~60%) silt loam ;  Roots: few fine and very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: weak fine angular blocky
Field Description: Old dead moss, roots, litter;  Roots: common very fine, few fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H2; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Oxidized clay loam; Von Post or Texture Class: clay loam; Plasticity Category: plastic ; Stickiness Category: sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: single grained
Field Description: Oxidized sandy loam with some yellow/yellow silt and gravel;  Roots: few very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: sandy loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: loose; Structure: single grained
Field Description: Oxidized, cobbly silt loam; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: massive
Field Description: Oxidized, gravelly soil;  Roots: few very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: loose; Structure: single grained
Field Description: Oxidized, loamy sand with cobbles;  Roots: few fine, common very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: loamy sand; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: not sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: weak subangular blocky
Field Description: Oxidized, slightly cobbly silt loam;  Roots: few very fine  ; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: massive breaking to v.few subangular blocky
Field Description: Pleurozium sp. and litter ; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Pleurozium sp.; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Pockets of char in silt loam with cobbles (~10%);  Roots: few medium, common fine and very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: not sticky; Firmness Category: friable; Structure: weak fine subangular blocky
Field Description: Pockets of gray silt in gravelly sandy loam;  Roots: few fine, common very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic ; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: weak fine subangular blocky
Field Description: Red silt loam with gray, overlying permafrost; Structure:
Field Description: Red-brown, silt loam with some gravel (<10%);  Roots: few very fine, fine and medium; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: weak medium subangular blocky
Field Description: Reddish brown silt loam with gravel (~30%). Some ash?;  Roots: common fine and very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: not sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: massive breaking to angular blocky
Field Description: Reddish silt loam with gravel (~60%);  Roots: few medium, common fine and very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: weak medium subangular blocky
Field Description: Reddish silt loam;  Roots: few-common very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: massive breaking to medium subangular blocky
Field Description: Root and moss remnants;  Roots: common very fine and medium, many very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H1-3; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Root mass with highly decomposed organics;  Roots: common fine, many very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H5; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Root mat and decomposing organics with fungus;  Roots: many very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H3; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Root mat and decomposing organics;  Roots: many very fine, few fine; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Root mat with ash and mineral mixed in;  Roots: common medium, many very fine; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Root mat with slightly decomposed organics and ash or silt;  Roots: many very fine, fine and medium; Von Post or Texture Class: H2; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Root mat with slightly decomposed organics and charcoal;  Roots: few fine, medium & coarse, many very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H3; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Root mat with slightly decomposed organics;  Roots: few fine, many very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H1; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Root mat with slightly decomposed organics;  Roots: few fine, many very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H3; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Root mat with slightly decomposed organics;  Roots: few medium, common fine, many very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H1; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Roots and moderately decomposed organics;  Roots: few very fine and medium, common fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H4; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Roots and slightly decomposed organics;  Roots: common very fine, fine, medium, and coarse; Von Post or Texture Class: H3; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Roots and slightly decomposed organics;  Roots: few medium, common fine, many very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H2-3; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Roots and slightly decomposed organics;  Roots: few medium, many fine and very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H5; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Roots with highly decomposed organics.;  Roots: many -common fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H6; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Roots, fungi, moderately decomposed organics (and ash?);  Roots: common very fine, few fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H3-4; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Roots, fungus, and slightly decomposed organics;  Roots: few fine, many very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H3; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Sandy loam with areas of gray silt;  Roots: few very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: sandy loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: not sticky; Firmness Category: loose-friable; Structure: single grained breaking to v.fine angular blocky
Field Description: Sandy loam with gravel (~45%) ; Von Post or Texture Class: sandy loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: not sticky; Firmness Category: loose ; Structure: single grained very fine granular
Field Description: Silt and peat, with charcoal (?); Structure:
Field Description: Silt and peat; Structure:
Field Description: Silt loam to sandy loam with gravel (60-80%);  Roots: few very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: not sticky; Structure:
Field Description: Silt loam;  Roots: common very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Structure:
Field Description: Silt loam;  Roots: few medium&coarse,many very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: loose; Structure: massive
Field Description: Silt with coarse gravel;  Roots: few very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: moderate coarse angular blocky
Field Description: Silty mineral soil, may also be burned organics/ash;  Roots: few very fine, fine, medium; Structure:
Field Description: Silty subsoil;  Roots: few very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Structure:
Field Description: Slightly dark silt loam; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Structure: weak fine subangular blocky
Field Description: Slightly darkened silt loam;  Roots: few very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Structure:
Field Description: Slightly decomposed organics (including lichen and moss); Von Post or Texture Class: H1; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Slightly decomposed organics and roots;  Roots: common medium, many very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H3-4; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Slightly decomposed organics and roots;  Roots: common medium, many very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H4; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Slightly decomposed organics and roots;  Roots: few medium and coarse, many very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H1-3; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Slightly decomposed organics and roots;  Roots: few very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H2; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Slightly decomposed organics with roots; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Slightly decomposed organics, roots, leaves;  Roots: common fine, many very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H4-5; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Slightly decomposed organics, some fungus; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Slightly decomposed organics;  Roots: common fine, many very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H2; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Slightly decomposed organics; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Slightly gravelly loam ;  Roots: few very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: friable; Structure:
Field Description: Slightly gravelly loam ;  Roots: few very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: loam; Plasticity Category: slightly plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: loose-very friable; Structure:
Field Description: Some amorphous material;  Roots: few medium, many very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H5; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Unburned root mat ;  Roots: few fine and medium, many very fine; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Unburned root mat with slightly decomposed organics;  Roots: many very fine; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Unburned root mat, very sandy;  Roots: few medium, common fine, many very fine; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Unburned roots and slightly decomposed organics;  Roots: few medium, many fine and very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H5; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Very cobbly (~50%) sandy loam;  Roots: few fine, common very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: sandy loam; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: massive breaking to v.fine granular angular blocky
Field Description: Well decomposed organics with ash or silt;  Roots: few medium, common very fine and fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H7; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Well decomposed organics with char;  Roots: few very fine, medium fine; Von Post or Texture Class: H7; Structure: n/a
Field Description: Yellow sandy loam;  Roots: few very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: sandy loam; Firmness Category: loose; Structure: single grained
Field Description: Yellowish sandy loam;  Roots: few medium, common fine and very fine; Von Post or Texture Class: silt loam; Plasticity Category: not plastic; Stickiness Category: slightly sticky; Firmness Category: very friable; Structure: weak medium subangular blocky
Fractionation performed on combination of Bs1 and Bs2
from paper "Intact litter/soil blocks were excavated with a shovel to the depth of the organic layer (6–17 cm)"
Frozen clay
frozen sedge
Frozen shotty A hor.
Frozen silty clay
fungus, roots, & dead moss above wood
Fungus,roots
Granular clay
Granular clay
Granular dark A
Granular dark A horizon
Granular sandy loam (Bs1)
Granular varved clay; frozen at bottom
Granular,shotty clay
Green feather moss with litter
Green feathermoss
Green feathermoss; many roots
Green living feathermoss and sphagnum; many roots
green moss (S. fuscum)
Green sphagnum
Green sphagnum and feathermoss
Green sphagnum,feathermoss
Green sphagnum;tomenhipnum
Green,Brown sphag moss
gyttja
gyttja w/clay boundary
highly decomposed organics
highly humified
horizon's not described, assume similar to other plots
humic black sedge peat
Humic clay with roots; black
humic layer above mineral soil
Humic organics w/clay
humic to mesic peat
Humic? charred organics
humics
Humics and blocky clay mixed
humics to top of clay
Humified organics; common roots
Hylocomium sp. & lichen
Hylocomium sp., low bush cranberry
ice poor mineral soil with small lenses (<0.5 mm)
ice poor mineral soil with small lenses (<0.5 mm) except 130-136 cm, where there are ice-rich lenses with considerable oxidation bands
ice-poor lenses within frozen silt
ice-poor mineral soil
ice-poor mineral soil at top, then dark band of organics and char, ice-rich at bottom
ice-rich lenses and mineral soil
ice-rich mineral soil
ice-rich organics & silt, thick ice lenses with many bands of dark organics
ice-vein that gets thicker with depth within mineral soil
Layer observation date estimated
Leached sand E
Leached sand w/roots & organics; AE hor.
Lichen and litter; reindeer moss
Litter
live moss
live moss (Pleurozium sp.?)
Living feather moss litter
Living lichen moss
Living moss
living sphagnum
Living sphagnum
lyr_obs_date estimated
Massive clay with varves
Massive silty clay
Mineral A horizon
Mineral extractions and CEC and base sum reported for 50-65cm
Mineral extractions and CEC and base sum reported for 80-120cm
mineral soil with alternating bands of organics & redox bands, buried wood
mineral soil with alternating ice-rich & ice-poor lenses
mineral soil with alternating ice-rich & ice-poor lenses, many bits of char, vertical ice lenses, also bands of red redox activity
mineral soil with alternating ice-rich & ice-poor silt, few/no organics but many redox bands
mineral soil with deep buried organics with possibly charred material, charcoal at 182 cm
mineral soil with diagonal/inclined ice lens & redox bands
mineral soil with horizontal small lenses with many bands of redox
mineral soil with ice-rich lens beneath active layer with dark band of organics, charred wood
mineral soil with primarily smaller ice-poor lenses with many bands of redox
mineral soil with slightly inclined ice-rich lenses, many redox bands
mineral soil with smaller lenses with many redox bands
mineral soil, transitioning into thinner lenses & horizontal redox bands
mineral soil, very small lenses with less ice
moderately & highly decomposed organics
moderately decomposing organics with amorphous material
more amorphous with recognizable plant parts & charred plant material
more decomposed (humic?)
more decomposed Spahgnum
more decomposed Spahgnum and sedge
more fibric than above, water table here
more ice
mostly gray mineral soil with charred plant material, some brownish mineral
mostly Pluerozium sp.
mottled silt loam
much more ice-rich silt with significant oxidation, clear strata at 114 cm
n = 3
n = 4
n = 7
no litter layer thickness reported
OA
Observable roots removed
Observation date estimated
Observation year unkown
Obsv date assumed
Oe/Oa/Oi Organic Horizon (organic layer)
Oh lots of charcoal in several layers
Om sedge
only observation year known
Organic carbon calculated from organic matter OC=OM/1.724; observation date estimated from year of publication
Organic carbon calculated from organic matter OC=OM/1.724; observation date estimated from year of publication; radiocarbon analysis potentially available, paper reports "Modern"
Organic; Active Layer; top 5cm of organic layer were sampled: height normalized to averaged orgnic depth of each site
Organics and granular clay
Organics and humic with clay
Organics and many roots
Organics,char,and many roots
Oxidized sand
Oxidized sand
Permafrost Horizons (belongs to subsoil)
pine litter and living groundcover
pit kl2-1
pit le3-1
pit le4-1
pit le6-1
pit ph4a-2
pit ph5c
pit pkop3a
pit ptk1a
pit sb7a
pit st1
pit st10
pit st5
plant frag
Pleurozium sp., a few lichens & litter
Prismatic Bt
red and black char
Reindeer moss,cranberry,blueberry
Reindeer moss,cranberry,litter
Reindeer moss,litter
Reported as "modern"
Rhytidium sp.
Rhytidium sp. and Sphagnum fuscom (?)
Root mat
Root mat  curly roots  clay
root mat and very decomposed moss, charry
root mat w/ silt or ash
Root mat w/fungus
Root-free cores incubated; Oi to part of Bs horizon
roots abundant
roots and sedge with more decomposed sphagnum
S. fuscum
S. riparium and sedge
Same total C as TRPU_6_0-20; different 14C (data from Yujie He)
Same total C as TRPU_6_20-40; different 14C (data from Yujie He)
Same total C as TRPU_9_0-20; different 14C (data from Yujie He)
Same total C as TRPU_9_20-40; different 14C (data from Yujie He)
same;getting finer and more fibrous
sampling date estimated as 2 years prior to submission date
sampling year assumed
sampling year assumed, 1997 or 1998
Sand
sand rich
Sand w iron oxides (Bs1)
Sand w iron oxides (Bs2)
Sand w iron oxides (Bs3)
Sand w/ iron oxides (Bs1)
Sand w/ organics
Sand with iron Bs1
Sand with iron Bs2
Sand with iron Bs3
sandy clay loam
sandy clay to sandy clay loam
Sandy oxidized BC1
Sandy oxidized BC2
Sandy slightly oxidized C1
Sandy slightly oxidized C2
Sandy subsoil Bs2
Saturated sand
sedge
sedge and S. riparium
sedge and some decomp moss;fine roots
sedge and Sphagnum
sedge with some twigs
sedge wood and moss;fine roots
Shotty clay
Shotty clay B2
Shotty clay subsoil
Shotty silty clay
silt clay loam
silt clay loam and organics
silt clay loam with mottling
silt clay loam with organics
silt clay loam with organics and fungus
silt clay loam with some ash (?)
silt subsoil above permafrost
silt-loam
silt, ice-rich lenses with inclined redox bands
silty clay to silt clay loam
Slightly charred moss with roots
slightly dark mineral
Slightly decomp. charred moss
Slightly decomp. moss and organics (O2); many roots
slightly decomposed moss and litter
Slightly decomposed organics
Slightly decomposed organics Oe
slightly decomposed organics, composed of roots & dead moss, mostly identifiable plant parts
slightly decomposed organics, mostly identifiable plant parts
slightly decomposed root mat, lichen litter throughout, mostly recognizable plant parts
slightly decomposed roots & moss stems, char at base
slightly decomposed, mostly recognizable plant parts, some char?,
slightly to moderately decomposed roots, moss, & wood
slightly to moderately decomposing roots and moss
smeary bands of organics & char mixed with frozen silt, primarily horizontal ice lenses
Some (<1%) smaller rocks (2-5mm)
Sphagnum
sphagnum  and feather moss with lab tea and reindeer moss
Sphagnum warnstorfii
Surface organic soil down to mineral soil
Surface organic soil down to mineral soil; unpublished data from Mack et al.
surface soil
TC stock calculated using TC=(SOC)/(%SOC) for both SOC3 & SOC4, then took the average of the two TC values.
TC stock calculated using TC=(SOC)/(%SOC) for both SOC3 & SOC4, then took the average of those two TC values.
top 10 cm of mineral soil
top 10 cm of mineral soil; unpublished data from Mack et al.
Transition some iron oxides Bs1
undecomposed S. riparium
undecomposed S. riparium and sedge
Well aggregated clay  Bt
Wet clay
white roots and parts of sedge
woody fibric fen peat;sedge;moss;fine roots
woody with sedge;fine roots
Wweakly drained clay