Soil data from the Barbastro-Balaguer gypsum belt, NE SpainMendeley Data
The dataset [1] hosts pedological info and images of the lands —locally known as chesas— of the outcropping gypsiferous core of the Barbastro-Balaguer anticline (Fig. 1). It stands out in the landscape for the linear reliefs due to outcrops of dipping strata with differential resistance to erosion,...
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| description | The dataset [1] hosts pedological info and images of the lands —locally known as chesas— of the outcropping gypsiferous core of the Barbastro-Balaguer anticline (Fig. 1). It stands out in the landscape for the linear reliefs due to outcrops of dipping strata with differential resistance to erosion, and also because of its whitish color (Fig. 2) and gypsophilous vegetation. This gypsum outcrop was named in the 19th Century [2] as a gypseous belt, and has been further studied by other geologists like [3,4] and by civil engineers e.g. Hué and Llamas [5]. Traditionally chesas were rangeland, with sparse almond and olive trees and rainfed winter cereals confined at the flat —and often terraced— valley bottoms, or vales as known in NE Spain. The chesas have attracted the attention of botanists [6–8], foresters [9,10], and soil hydrophysical properties researchers [11]. Moreover, public interest is increasing as the administrations are establishing rules for nature protection in the gypseous lands, e.g., a demarcation of 137 km2 set within the chesas was declared a Special Conservation Area “ES2410074 Yesos de Barbastro”, and then protected by the Habitats Directive of European Union. Also, plant physiologists are focusing on the adaptations of plants to gypsum as reviewed by Escudero et al. [12]. No soil map is available, but according to [13,14] the Gypsic Haploxerepts [15] are dominant. In the absence of a soil map, our dataset can help in the decisions to be made by the authorities, as is the case for water allocation to irrigated estates both in operation and planned, or for authorizations for the spreading of pig slurry.The herein presented soil data were collected with the classical techniques of pedological prospection. The dataset [1] contains the scans in .TIFF format of 150 whole thin sections of the soils, under both plane polarized light (PPL) and cross polarized light (XPL). Moreover, this dataset directs to a freely downloadable book [16] with the corresponding pedological descriptions, chemical and physical analyses, hydrophysical data, and scanning electron microscope images of the soils, plus micrographs of relevant pedofeatures of thin sections seen under petrographic microscope. The dataset [1] also presents a .xlsx file with an English translation of all figure captions of [16], including those of micrographs, and two more .xlsx files with analytical data. All data can be reused directly by naturalists, engineers, technicians and public servants in charge of environmental law development and enforcement, as well as by people involved in citizen science activities. Thin sections remain stored at EEAD and can be examined at our premises upon request. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e514124c1a174a078c214b165cf37f702025-01-31T05:11:36ZengElsevierData in Brief2352-34092025-02-0158111236Soil data from the Barbastro-Balaguer gypsum belt, NE SpainMendeley DataJuan Herrero0María Tierra1Carmen Castañeda2Corresponding author.; Estación Experimental de Aula Dei, EEAD - CSIC, Ave. Montañana 1005, 50059 Zaragoza, SpainEstación Experimental de Aula Dei, EEAD - CSIC, Ave. Montañana 1005, 50059 Zaragoza, SpainEstación Experimental de Aula Dei, EEAD - CSIC, Ave. Montañana 1005, 50059 Zaragoza, SpainThe dataset [1] hosts pedological info and images of the lands —locally known as chesas— of the outcropping gypsiferous core of the Barbastro-Balaguer anticline (Fig. 1). It stands out in the landscape for the linear reliefs due to outcrops of dipping strata with differential resistance to erosion, and also because of its whitish color (Fig. 2) and gypsophilous vegetation. This gypsum outcrop was named in the 19th Century [2] as a gypseous belt, and has been further studied by other geologists like [3,4] and by civil engineers e.g. Hué and Llamas [5]. Traditionally chesas were rangeland, with sparse almond and olive trees and rainfed winter cereals confined at the flat —and often terraced— valley bottoms, or vales as known in NE Spain. The chesas have attracted the attention of botanists [6–8], foresters [9,10], and soil hydrophysical properties researchers [11]. Moreover, public interest is increasing as the administrations are establishing rules for nature protection in the gypseous lands, e.g., a demarcation of 137 km2 set within the chesas was declared a Special Conservation Area “ES2410074 Yesos de Barbastro”, and then protected by the Habitats Directive of European Union. Also, plant physiologists are focusing on the adaptations of plants to gypsum as reviewed by Escudero et al. [12]. No soil map is available, but according to [13,14] the Gypsic Haploxerepts [15] are dominant. In the absence of a soil map, our dataset can help in the decisions to be made by the authorities, as is the case for water allocation to irrigated estates both in operation and planned, or for authorizations for the spreading of pig slurry.The herein presented soil data were collected with the classical techniques of pedological prospection. The dataset [1] contains the scans in .TIFF format of 150 whole thin sections of the soils, under both plane polarized light (PPL) and cross polarized light (XPL). Moreover, this dataset directs to a freely downloadable book [16] with the corresponding pedological descriptions, chemical and physical analyses, hydrophysical data, and scanning electron microscope images of the soils, plus micrographs of relevant pedofeatures of thin sections seen under petrographic microscope. The dataset [1] also presents a .xlsx file with an English translation of all figure captions of [16], including those of micrographs, and two more .xlsx files with analytical data. All data can be reused directly by naturalists, engineers, technicians and public servants in charge of environmental law development and enforcement, as well as by people involved in citizen science activities. Thin sections remain stored at EEAD and can be examined at our premises upon request.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340924011983Environmental protectionGypseous soilsMicromorphologyNatura 2000 Network |
| spellingShingle | Juan Herrero María Tierra Carmen Castañeda Soil data from the Barbastro-Balaguer gypsum belt, NE SpainMendeley Data Data in Brief Environmental protection Gypseous soils Micromorphology Natura 2000 Network |
| title | Soil data from the Barbastro-Balaguer gypsum belt, NE SpainMendeley Data |
| title_full | Soil data from the Barbastro-Balaguer gypsum belt, NE SpainMendeley Data |
| title_fullStr | Soil data from the Barbastro-Balaguer gypsum belt, NE SpainMendeley Data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Soil data from the Barbastro-Balaguer gypsum belt, NE SpainMendeley Data |
| title_short | Soil data from the Barbastro-Balaguer gypsum belt, NE SpainMendeley Data |
| title_sort | soil data from the barbastro balaguer gypsum belt ne spainmendeley data |
| topic | Environmental protection Gypseous soils Micromorphology Natura 2000 Network |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340924011983 |
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