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>Soil physical and chemical properties of gypsum &amp; non-gypsum soils from the Chihuahuan and Mojave Deserts in 2023</title>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Katelyn</givenName>
            <givenName>G</givenName>
            <surName>Gobbie</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>John Carroll University</organizationName>
         <positionName>Graduate Assistant</positionName>
         <electronicMailAddress>kgobbie22@jcu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0009-0001-2059-7110</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <salutation>Dr.</salutation>
            <givenName>Pietrasiak</givenName>
            <surName>Pietrasiak</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>University of Nevada, Las Vegas</organizationName>
         <positionName>Associate Professor (School of Life Sciences)</positionName>
         <electronicMailAddress>nicole.pietrasiak@unlv.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-4636-8006</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <salutation>Dr.</salutation>
            <givenName>Rebecca</givenName>
            <givenName>E</givenName>
            <surName>Drenovsky</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>John Carroll University</organizationName>
         <positionName>Interim Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs; Dean of Graduate Studies; Professor of Biology</positionName>
         <electronicMailAddress>rdrenovsky@jcu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-1154-5869</userId>
      </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-jrn/210616002/2</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Katelyn</givenName>
            <givenName>G</givenName>
            <surName>Gobbie</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>John Carroll University</organizationName>
         <positionName>Graduate Assistant</positionName>
         <electronicMailAddress>kgobbie22@jcu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0009-0001-2059-7110</userId>
      </contact>
<contact>
         <organizationName>Jornada Basin LTER</organizationName>
         <positionName>Information Manager</positionName>
         <address>
            <deliveryPoint>New Mexico State University</deliveryPoint>
            <deliveryPoint>P.O. Box 30003; MSC 3JER</deliveryPoint>
            <city>Las Cruces</city>
            <administrativeArea>NM</administrativeArea>
            <postalCode>88003-8003</postalCode>
            <country>USA</country>
         </address>
         <electronicMailAddress>jornada.data@nmsu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <onlineUrl>https://lter.jornada.nmsu.edu/information-management</onlineUrl>
         <userId directory="https://ror.org/">05976ta47</userId>
      </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>