RAINFOR GEM Intensive Plots Manual (pdf) - University of Oxford

2.4 Soil propertiesIt is useful to make a one-off assessment of the soil carbon stock.Equipment: Spades, pick axes, large sieves, large canvas bags, saws, axes, wooden planks, nails, weighingbalance (resolution = 0.01 g), hanging balance.Randomly select a 1 m 2 area 10-15 m outside each plot. Remove the soil from the area in the following layers:0-10, 10-20, 20-30, 30-40, 40-50, 50-100, 100-150, 150-200, 200-250, 250-300, 300-350, 350-400 cm (stop atbedrock if