Description
Soil samples and laboratory analyses from 4 thousand survey sites, with the field notebooks that describe them.
Provenance
Donated by the creator’s family in 2022. The drive spun up and was imaged behind a write blocker in a single pass. Every sector was recovered on the first or second read.
Preservation
- Fixity (SHA-256)
a3c4172e5a081673d88606f7de5ed4d5e762c29ee4e2964853e2e4f5500140dd- Last verified
- Oct 20, 2026, by Vigil
- Migrated to
- CSV with a data dictionary, with the original files kept
- Copies
- Three, on two kinds of storage, in two cities
- Original carriers
- Kept in cold storage in Vancouver
Access
Free, in the Lazarus reading room in Vancouver and in partner reading rooms. Copies may be taken away under the work’s license.
Reading-room copies are migrated to CSV with a data dictionary, with the original files kept. The recovered files are kept exactly as they were found.
Cite as: Rockwater University, Department of Soil Science, Soil survey of the Highland, 1982–1990 (1982–1990). Lazarus Archive, LZ-34152.