Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
5000
05
28-Oct-1964
IBC, GGC
Northern Victoria Land near Hallett Peninsula; west side of Edisto Inlet near Luther Peak
Rock weathering examination
MZMS 166; 1960 Tucker Glacier
No
169.8670
-72.3500
72deg 21.0'S
-169deg -52.0'E
On a narrow sloping ridge trending eastwards from Luther Peak to Edisto Inlet
5
E
450
Metasedimentary greywacke rocks of the Robertson Bay Group; bands of finer textured finely foliated rocks within coarser sediments
Xerous to subxerous moisture derived from thawing of intermittent snow cover
-17
Coastal Antarctic
Disaggregated bedrock forming a shallow pebbly regolith
Nil observed
Nil
SURFACE WEATHERING or |
SURFACE FEATURES |
Bedrock outcrops of schistose greywacke showing strong surface disintegration along bedding planes
Nil
05a 0-5cm
101
pale yellow (5Y 7/3) silty gravel
102
strongly foliated metagreywacke pebbles breaking to fine talc-like particles.
Yes
a
NoObs
0
2
(NoObs)
Soluble Salt |
Concentration |
500001
05a
0-5cm
0
5
none
12-Dec-2005
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