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Benchmark site documentation : 04-AB (Mundare, Alberta)

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The purpose of this report is to chronicle the baseline soil features of the Mundare (04-AB) Benchmark Site, thereby providing a technical reference document in support of on-going monitoring... More ≫

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The purpose of this report is to chronicle the baseline soil features of the Mundare (04-AB) Benchmark Site, thereby providing a technical reference document in support of on-going monitoring research and reporting. The Mundare site is one of 23 benchmark-monitoring sites established across Canada by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to collect baseline data to monitor trends in soil quality. It represents Black soils of the Aspen Parkland Ecoregion. The landscape is representative of the undulating to ridged and hummocky morainal terrain that is common in central Alberta.

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Benchmark site documentation : 06-AB (Bow Island, Alberta)

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The purpose of this report is to chronicle the baseline soil features of the Bow Island (06-AB) Benchmark Site, thereby providing a technical reference document in support of on-going monitoring... More ≫

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The purpose of this report is to chronicle the baseline soil features of the Bow Island (06-AB) Benchmark Site, thereby providing a technical reference document in support of on-going monitoring research and reporting. The Bow Island site is one of 23 benchmark-monitoring sites established across Canada by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to collect baseline data to monitor trends in soil quality. It represents irrigated Brown soils of the Mixed Grassland ecoregion. The landscape is representative of the gently undulating, morainal terrain (with lacustrine veneer) that is common in southeastern Alberta.

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Benchmark site documentation : 03-AB (Falher, Alberta)

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The purpose of this report is to chronicle the baseline soil features of the Falher (03-AB) Benchmark Site, thereby providing a technical reference document in support of on-going monitoring... More ≫

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The purpose of this report is to chronicle the baseline soil features of the Falher (03-AB) Benchmark Site, thereby providing a technical reference document in support of on-going monitoring research and reporting. The Falher site is one of 23 benchmark-monitoring sites established across Canada by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to collect baseline data to monitor trends in soil quality. It represents Dark Gray soils of the Peace Lowland Ecoregion. The landscape is representative of the level glaciolacustrine terrain common to the southeastern portion of the Peace River agricultural region.

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Benchmark site documentation : 05-AB (Provost, Alberta)

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The purpose of this report is to chronicle the baseline soil features of the Provost (05-AB) Benchmark Site, thereby providing a technical reference document in support of on-going monitoring... More ≫

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The purpose of this report is to chronicle the baseline soil features of the Provost (05-AB) Benchmark Site, thereby providing a technical reference document in support of on-going monitoring research and reporting. The Provost site is one of 23 benchmark-monitoring sites established across Canada by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to collect baseline data to monitor trends in soil quality. It represents the northern belt of Dark Brown soils that occur in the Prairie - Parkland Transition, also called Aspen Groveland. The landscape is representative of the relatively rough, hummocky to undulating, morainal terrain that is common through east-central Alberta and west-central Saskatchewan.

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