Soil physical, chemical and mineralogical properties. Comparison between termite mounds and the soil environment in Mule Hole, Karnataka, India

This dataset has been collected thanks to the long-term partnership with University of Agricultural Sciences (GKVK), India, which granted the permission for field access, and to the financial, scientific, technical, and/or logistical support of the M-TROPICS CZO. The datasets holds soil properties from termite mounds (Odontotermes obesus) (TM for termite mound and EROD for the soil eroded from TM) and the soil at different soil depths. Sampling was done in the Mule Hole watershed, Karnataka, India. Soil properties are: % of C, N, clay, silt and sand, CEC, exchangeable cations (Ca, Mg, Na, K, Fe, Al), soil pH, amount of Feo, Fed, SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, Si:Al ratio, Ki (SiO2/Al2O3) and Kr indicators (SiO2/(Al2O3+Fe2O3), clay mineralogy (% of smectite, talc, kaolinite, smectite, interstratified Illite-smectite and illite) and Si pools (Sicc and Siaa).