Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
1000
01
28-Oct-1964
IBC, GGC
Northern Victoria Land near Hallett Peninsula; west side of Edisto Inlet near Luther Peak
Soil characterisation
MZMS 166; 1960 Tucker Glacier
B&W & CS LScp
No
169.9170
-72.3500
72deg 21.0'S
-169deg -55.0'E
Western side of a moraine ridge on the seaward side of a small glacial basin
5
NW
100
Till deposited at the mouth of a glacial basin, probably from an expanded Manhaul Glacier and derived from principally greywacke rocks of the Robertson Bay Group
Xerous to subxerous, some moisture from thawing of patchy snow cover
-15
Coastal Antarctic
Loose bouldery (2.5-.5m) till, mainly greywacke with some felsite, possibly some loessial material
Moss and lichen patches in small discontinuous patches around edges of surface rocks in moist hollows
Weakly developed
| SURFACE WEATHERING or |
| SURFACE FEATURES |
Surface rocks are subangular and unweathered but splitting along cleavage planes, some wind sorting of surface materials
Nil
01a 0-5cm
101
light grey to pale yellow (5Y 7/3-7/2) cobble gravel
102
loose to weakly cohesive
103
rock fragments fresh and unstained
104
01b 5-13cm
201
light grey to pale yellow (5Y 7/3-7/2) cobble gravel
202
cohesive
203
rock fragments fresh, angular and unstained
204
01c 13-18cm
301
light grey to pale yellow (5Y 7/3-7/2) cobble and boulder gravel
302
loose
303
rock fragments fresh, angular and unstained
304
abrupt boundary, on frozen ground
Yes
a,b,c
Hard ice-cemented
20
2
(20cm)
| Soluble Salt |
| Concentration |
100001
01a
0-5cm
0
5
none
100002
01b
5-13cm
5
13
none
100003
01c
13-18cm
13
18
none
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