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Description
This data set provides high-resolution estimates of the thickness of the permeable layers above bedrock (soil, regolith, and sedimentary deposits) within a global 30-arcsecond (~1-km) grid using the best available data for topography, climate, and geology as input. These data are modeled to represent estimated thicknesses by landform type for the geological present.
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Platforms
DEM
Instruments
HYDROMETERS
Projects
Soil
Spatial Extent
N: 90S: -60E: 180W: -180
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1900-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
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Pelletier, J. D., Broxton, P. D., Hazenberg, P., Zeng, X., Troch, P. A., Niu, G., Williams, Z. C., Brunke, M. A., & Gochis, D. (2016). Global 1-km Gridded Thickness of Soil, Regolith, and Sedimentary Deposit Layers (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1304 Date Accessed: 2026-09-10
@article{pelletier_broxton_hazenberg_zeng_troch_niu_williams_brunke_gochis_2016,
title={Global 1-km Gridded Thickness of Soil, Regolith, and Sedimentary Deposit Layers},
url={https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/catalog/ornl-cloud-global-soil-regolith-sediment-1304-1},
DOI={10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1304},
abstractNote={This data set provides high-resolution estimates of the thickness of the permeable layers above bedrock (soil, regolith, and sedimentary deposits) within a global 30-arcsecond (~1-km) grid using the best available data for topography, climate, and geology as input. These data are modeled to represent estimated thicknesses by landform type for the geological present.},
publisher={ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center},
author={Pelletier, J.D. and Broxton, P.D. and Hazenberg, P. and Zeng, X. and Troch, P.A. and Niu, G. and Williams, Z.C. and Brunke, M.A. and Gochis, D.},
year={2016},
language={en},
}
Pelletier, J. D., Broxton, P. D., Hazenberg, P., Zeng, X., Troch, P. A., Niu, G., Williams, Z. C., Brunke, M. A., & Gochis, D. (2016). Global 1-km Gridded Thickness of Soil, Regolith, and Sedimentary Deposit Layers (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1304 Date Accessed: 2026-09-10
Pelletier, J.D., et al. “Global 1-Km Gridded Thickness of Soil, Regolith, and Sedimentary Deposit Layers.” With ORNL DAAC, Version 1, ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center, 1 Jan. 2016, https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1304. Date Accessed: 2026-09-10
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