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Alphabetical index of database fields

A

Aluminum concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Antimony concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Arsenic concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)

B

Barium concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Beryllium concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Bismuth concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Boron concentration in parts per million (Chemical analysis)

C

Cadmium concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Calcium concentration in parts per million (Chemical analysis)
Category of sample material (Sample characteristics)
Cerium concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Character of sample (Sample characteristics)
Chromium concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Cobalt concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Copper concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
County in which the sample was collected. (Geographic location)

D

Date the sample was submitted for analysis (Processing information)

F

Ferrous iron oxide concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Field number assigned by the submitter designated in the "name" field. (Sample identification)
Fluorine concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)

G

Gold concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)

I

Iron concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)

L

Laboratory job number assigned by the analytical laboratory. One job number may contain from one to a few hundred samples. (Processing information)
Lanthanum concentration in parts per million (Chemical analysis)
Lead concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Lithium concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Longitude of sample site reported in decimal degrees. Longitudes up to 180 degrees west are reported in negative decimal degrees. Longitudes up to 180 degrees east are reported in positive decimal degrees. (NAD27, Clarke 1866) (Geographic location)

M

Magnesium concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Mercury concentration in parts per million (Chemical analysis)
Molybdenum concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)

N

Name of person who sumbitted the sample to the laboratory for chemical analysis. (Processing information)
Nickel concentration in parts per million (Chemical analysis)
Niobium concentration in parts per million (Chemical analysis)
North latitude of sample site reported in decimal degrees. (NAD27, Clarke 1866) (Geographic location)

O

Organic carbon concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)

P

Paladium concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Percent of sample remaining after combustion. (Chemical analysis)
pH of soil sample (Note that the column heading has units of %--this is a function of a bug in the program that creates the column headings.) (Chemical analysis)
Phosphorus concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Platinum concentration in parts per million (Chemical analysis)
Potassium concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Present Biotic Setting (Sample characteristics)

Q

Quality indicator for analysis of Ag (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Al (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of As (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Au (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of B (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Ba (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Be (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Bi (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Ca (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Cd (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Ce (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Co (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Cr (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Cu (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of F (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Fe (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of FeO (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Hg (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of K (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of La (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Li (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Mg (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Mo (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Na (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Nb (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Ni (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Organic C (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of P (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Pb (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Pd (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Pt (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Rb (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Rh (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Ru (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of S (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Sb (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Se (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Si (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Sn (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Sr (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Te (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Th (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Ti (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Tl (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of U (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of V (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of W (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Y (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Zn (Chemical analysis)
Quality indicator for analysis of Zr (Chemical analysis)

R

Rhodium concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Rubidium concentration in parts per million (Chemical analysis)
Ruthenium concentration in parts per million (Chemical analysis)

S

Sample description and comments. This column is provided for noting the sample material and/or distinguishing characteristics of the sample. (Sample characteristics)
Selenium concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Silicon concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Silver concentration in parts per million (Chemical analysis)
Sodium concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Soil Category (According to the following reference: Ball, D.F., 1967, Classification of soils, in Peterson, G.F., ed., Guide to the Check Sheet of IBP Areas, p. 121-125: Oxford and Edinburgh, Blackwell Scientific Publications, p. 133.) (Sample characteristics)
Soil Horizon (Sample characteristics)
Source of sample (Sample characteristics)
State in which the sample was collected. (Geographic location)
Strontium concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Sulfur concentration in parts per million (Chemical analysis)

T

Tellurium concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Thallium concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Thorium concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Tin concentration in parts per million (Chemical analysis)
Titanium concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Tungsten concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Type of analysis (Chemical method by which the sample was analyzed) (Processing information)

U

Unique identification number assigned by the laboratory (Sample identification)
Unique record identifier (Sample identification)
Uranium concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)

V

Vanadium concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)

Y

Yttrium concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)

Z

Zinc concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)
Zirconium concentration in parts per million (ppm) (Chemical analysis)

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