10.5880/fidgeo.2021.009 eng dataset GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences datapub@gfz-potsdam.de http://www.gfz-potsdam.de Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences pointOfContact 2022-09-05 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG:4326 TropSOC Database 2022-09-05 revision doi:10.5880/fidgeo.2021.009 Doetterl, Sebastian ETH Zurich & Augsburg University author Bukombe, Benjamin Augsburg University author Cooper, Matthew Mountains of the Moon University, Fort Portal, Uganda author Kidinda, Laurent TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany author Muhindo, Daniel Catholic University of Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo author Reichenbach, Mario Augsburg University, Augsburg, Germany author Stegmann, Anna Augsburg University, Augsburg, Germany author Summerauer, Laura ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland author Wilken, Florian ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland author Fiener, Peter Augsburg University, Augsburg, Germany author Fiener, Peter Augsburg University, Augsburg, Germany originator GFZ Data Services publisher We provide version 1.0 of an open access database created as part of the project “Tropical soil organic carbon dynamics along erosional disturbance gradients in relation to variability in soil geochemistry and land use” (TropSOC). TropSOC v1.0 contains spatial and temporal explicit data on soil, vegetation, environmental properties and land management collected from 136 pristine tropical forest and cropland plots between 2017 and 2020 as part of several monitoring and sampling campaigns in the Eastern Congo Basin and the East African Rift Valley System. The results of several laboratory experiments focussing on soil microbial activity, C cycling and C stabilization in soils complement the dataset to deliver one of the first landscape scale datasets to study the linkages and feedbacks between geology, geomorphology and pedogensis as controls on biogeochemical cycles in a variety of natural and managed systems in the African Tropics. Sampling procedures are described in each metadata description .pdf file accompanying a specific .csv file that represents a methodologically distinct subset of the database. A general overview of field sampling procedures and design is given in Doetterl et al., (2021, ESSD in review) which describes the dataset as a whole. Analytical procedures are described in each metadata description .pdf file accompanying a specific .csv file that represents a methodologically distinct subset of the database. Data processing and quality control are described in each metadata description .pdf file accompanying a specific .csv file that represents a methodologically distinct subset of the database. Doetterl, Sebastian ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Assistant Professor sdoetterl@usys.ethz.ch https://soilres.ethz.ch/ informtion pointOfContact Biogeochemistry Tropical Africa Tropical soils Carbon Cycling Soil erosion Soil degradation Soil genesis Geoecology EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL EROSION EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE > LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOCHEMISTRY > BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords publication CC BY 4.0 CC BY 4.0 10.5194/essd-13-4133-2021 DOI IsSupplementTo 10.5194/soil-2020-96 DOI Cites 10.5194/soil-2020-80 DOI Cites 10.5194/soil-2020-92 DOI Cites 10.5194/soil-2020-95 DOI Cites eng geoscientificInformation TropSOC Study Area 28.6723 30.6718 -2.82143 1.03358 http://doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2021.009 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Data Access - DOI Data Access - DOI information