Soil taxonomic assessment data, urban and referrence soil profiles

By comparing urban to pre-urban soils we quantified major shifts in horizon occurrence and ordering. These shifts have meaning for ecosystem function as horizons represent suites of biological, physical, and chemical properties.

This dataset is associated with the following publication: Herrmann, D., L. Schifman, and W. Shuster. Widespread loss of intermediate soil horizons in urban landscapes. PNAS (PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES). National Academy of Sciences, WASHINGTON, DC, USA, 115(26): 6751-6755, (2018).

Data and Resources

Field Value
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license https://pasteur.epa.gov/license/sciencehub-license.html
modified 2017-10-02
programCode {020:096}
publisher U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD)
publisher_hierarchy U.S. Government > U.S. Environmental Protection Agency > U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD)
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Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • ckan
  • ecosystem-services
  • geo
  • geoss
  • national
  • north-america
  • soil-horizons
  • united-states
  • urban-soil-taxonomic-assessments
  • urban-soils
  • urbanization
  • vertical-structure
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maintainer William Shuster
maintainer_email shuster.william@epa.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-22T22:30:07.925075
metadata_modified 2025-11-22T22:30:07.925079
notes By comparing urban to pre-urban soils we quantified major shifts in horizon occurrence and ordering. These shifts have meaning for ecosystem function as horizons represent suites of biological, physical, and chemical properties. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Herrmann, D., L. Schifman, and W. Shuster. Widespread loss of intermediate soil horizons in urban landscapes. PNAS (PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES). National Academy of Sciences, WASHINGTON, DC, USA, 115(26): 6751-6755, (2018).
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title Soil taxonomic assessment data, urban and referrence soil profiles