Percent sand in surface soil horizons for the contiguous USA

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This set of soils data consists of bulk density, mineral depth, and three layers each of sand, clay, and rock fragment fractions. The soils data were obtained from Kern (2000), using methodology from Kern (1995) with corrected inconsistencies and gap filling from NRCS (1994).
Note: “surface” is 0-50 cm, “intermediate” is 50-150 cm, and “deep” is > 150 cm.
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Kern, J. S.
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Kern, J. S. 1995. Geographic patterns of soils water-holding capacity in the contiguous United States. Soil Science Society of America 59, no. 4: 1126-1133.

Larger Works:
Conklin, David C. Simulating vegetation shifts and carbon cycling in Yosemite National Park. Ph. D. Thesis, Oregon State University (2009) Available at: http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/jspui/handle/1957/13510

Rogers, Brendan C. Potential impacts of climate change on vegetation distributions, carbon stocks, and fire regimes in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. M.S. Thesis, Oregon State University (2009) Available at: http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/jspui/handle/1957/12618
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800 m
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MAPSS Team, USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station in Corvallis, Oregon
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conterminous usa, sand, soil, texture
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