Depth collection (stratified profile)
At the same point, the 0-20cm soil does not tell the same story as the 20-40cm, and dumping it all into one sample erases that difference. Here each layer is a sample with its own depth and its own result, but the layers come together in one consolidated report for the point.
Collect at 0-20cm, at 20-40cm, at the bottom: all as separate samples, grouped on the report.
Collect several samples at the same geographic point at different depths. Each layer is analyzed separately, but the system groups them all for a consolidated display on the report.
Ready templates for every kind of depth collection.
Ready templates: agronomic soil (0-20cm topsoil + 20-40cm subsurface), environmental soil by horizon (O/A/B/C), water by thermal stratification (surface, middle, bottom), sediment in a vertical core and monitoring wells. You pick one and adapt it.
Each layer knows its depth and horizon.
Initial depth, final depth, unit (m, cm, mm), horizon and sequence are all recorded on each layer. When you check later, you know exactly where it came from.
The layer's sequence does not get scrambled.
Each layer keeps its own order in the profile. Surface, middle and bottom do not swap places on the report, even when the point has five strata.
One point, one report, several depths side by side.
The client receives the whole profile's reading on a single report, layer by layer. They compare surface to bottom without piecing three documents together.
Traceability holds for each layer.
Each stratum is a real sample: it has its own label, intake, analysis and trail. The depth is not a loose note, it is tracked data.
Why each layer has to stand on its own
Mixing depths into one sample looks like a saving. In practice, it erases the very information that justifies stratified collection.
A result per layer.
Each depth is analyzed on its own. The surface value does not disappear into the profile's average.
Comparison that makes sense.
With the layers separate, you see where the parameter changes along the profile, not just an average that hides everything.
Brought together only on the report.
The layers travel separately through operations and come together in the final display. Separate to analyze, consolidated to deliver.
Frequently asked questions
Does each depth become a separate sample?
It does. Each layer is a real sample, with its own label, analysis and trail. They only come together in the report's consolidated display.
Is there a ready template for my kind of collection?
There are several: agronomic soil, environmental soil by horizon, water by thermal stratification, sediment in a vertical core and monitoring wells. You pick one and adapt it.
How does the system store each layer's depth?
With initial depth, final depth, unit (m, cm, mm), horizon and sequence, recorded on each layer. When you check later, you know exactly where it came from.
Does the report show the layers together or separate?
Together, on the same report for the point, layer by layer. The client compares surface and bottom without opening three documents.
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