Method Step

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<methodStep>
<description>
<para>This method step describes provenance-based metadata as specified in the LTER EML Best Practices.</para>
<para>This provenance metadata does not contain entity specific information.</para>
</description>
<dataSource>
<title>Bonanza Creek LTER:  Annual Active Layer Depths from 1972 to Present in the Wickersham Fireline Sites near Fairbanks, Alaska</title>
<creator>
<individualName>
<givenName>Leslie</givenName>
<surName>Viereck</surName>
</individualName>
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<!--No email present on file  ( pers/email1 or email2 when lead_contact=1 )-->
<!--No personal web address info on file-->
</creator>
<creator>
<individualName>
<givenName>Keith</givenName>
<surName>Van Cleve</surName>
</individualName>
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<address>
<deliveryPoint>Forest Soils Laboratory University of Alaska Fairbanks O'Neill Bldg</deliveryPoint>
<city>Fairbanks</city>
<administrativeArea>AK </administrativeArea>
<postalCode>99775-7200</postalCode>
<country>United States</country>
</address>
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<electronicMailAddress>kvancl@rockisland.com</electronicMailAddress>
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</creator>
<creator>
<individualName>
<givenName>F</givenName>
<givenName>Stuart</givenName>
<surName>Chapin</surName>
</individualName>
<positionName>Primary Investigator (retired)</positionName>
<address>
<deliveryPoint>Institute of Arctic Biology:  University of Alaska Fairbanks</deliveryPoint>
<city>Fairbanks</city>
<administrativeArea>AK </administrativeArea>
<postalCode>99775</postalCode>
<country>United States</country>
</address>
<phone phonetype="voice">(907) 455-6408</phone>
<phone phonetype="fax">(907) 474-6967</phone>
<electronicMailAddress>terry.chapin@alaska.edu</electronicMailAddress>
<onlineUrl>https://sites.google.com/alaska.edu/f-stuart-chapin-iii-terry/</onlineUrl>
</creator>
<creator>
<individualName>
<givenName>Roger</givenName>
<surName>Ruess</surName>
</individualName>
<positionName>Primary Investigator</positionName>
<address>
<deliveryPoint>Institute of Arctic Biology  University of Alaska Fairbanks P.O. Box 757000</deliveryPoint>
<city>Fairbanks</city>
<administrativeArea>AK </administrativeArea>
<postalCode>99775-0180</postalCode>
<country>United States</country>
</address>
<phone phonetype="voice">(907) 474-7153</phone>
<phone phonetype="fax">(907) 474-6967</phone>
<electronicMailAddress>rwruess@alaska.edu</electronicMailAddress>
<onlineUrl>http://people.iab.uaf.edu/roger_ruess</onlineUrl>
</creator>
<creator>
<organizationName>Bonanza Creek LTER</organizationName>
<address>
<deliveryPoint>Boreal Ecology Cooperative Research Unit </deliveryPoint>
<deliveryPoint>University of Alaska Fairbanks</deliveryPoint>
<deliveryPoint>P.O. Box 756780 </deliveryPoint>
<city>Fairbanks</city>
<administrativeArea>AK</administrativeArea>
<postalCode>99775</postalCode>
<country>USA</country>
</address>
<phone phonetype="voice">907-474-6364</phone>
<phone phonetype="fax">907-474-6251</phone>
<electronicMailAddress>uaf-bnz-im-team@alaska.edu</electronicMailAddress>
<onlineUrl>http://www.lter.uaf.edu</onlineUrl>
</creator>
<distribution>
<online>
<onlineDescription>This online link references an EML document that describes data used in the creation of this derivative data package.</onlineDescription>
<url function="information">https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/knb-lter-bnz/8/25</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
<organizationName>Bonanza Creek LTER</organizationName>
<positionName>Data Manager</positionName>
<address>
<deliveryPoint>Boreal Ecology Cooperative Research Unit </deliveryPoint>
<deliveryPoint>University of Alaska Fairbanks</deliveryPoint>
<deliveryPoint>P.O. Box 756780 </deliveryPoint>
<city>Fairbanks</city>
<administrativeArea>AK</administrativeArea>
<postalCode>99775</postalCode>
<country>USA</country>
</address>
<phone phonetype="voice">907-474-6364</phone>
<phone phonetype="fax">907-474-6251</phone>
<electronicMailAddress>uaf-bnz-im-team@alaska.edu</electronicMailAddress>
<onlineUrl>http://www.lter.uaf.edu</onlineUrl>
</contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>