Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
7000
07
28-Oct-1964
IBC, GGC
Northern Victoria Land near Hallett Peninsula; west side of Edisto Inlet near Luther Peak
Weathering examination
MZMS 166; 1960 Tucker Glacier
No
169.8500
-72.3667
72deg 22.0'S
-169deg -51.0'E
In a saddle on a ridge between Luther Peak and Edisto Inlet, 200m below Luther Peak
0
Nil
500
Disaggregated bedrock from greywacke sandstone of the Robertson Bay Group with surface accumulation of fine silt-like material
Xerous to subxerous, soil moistened from periodic snow melt
-17
Coastal Antarctic
Fine greywacke pebbles and silty (loess like) material
Not observed
Weakly developed small nets
SURFACE WEATHERING or |
SURFACE FEATURES |
Angular unweathered greywacke cobbles and boulders and some quartz
Nil
07a 0-5cm
101
light grey (2.5Y 7/2) gravelly silt
102
cohesive
103
weakly developed vesicular structure
104
rock fragments angular, and unstained
Yes
a
NoObs
0
1
(NoObs)
Soluble Salt |
Concentration |
700001
07a
0-5cm
0
5
none
12-Dec-2005
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