Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
8000
08
29-Oct-1964
IBC, GGC
Northern Victoria Land near Hallett Peninsula; west side of Edisto Inlet near Luther Peak
Examination of stone coatings
MZMS 166; 1960 Tucker Glacier
B&W & CS LScp
No
169.8830
-72.3500
72deg 21.0'S
-169deg -53.0'E
Floor of a small glacially scoured basin, near Luther Peak
0
Nil
95
Till derived from schistose greywackes of the Robertson Bay Group, with some minor fluvial resorting on the valley floor
Oceanic subxerous, seepage of water from thawing snow patches on adjacent areas at times
-15
Coastal Antarctic
Greywacke till, with surficial fluvial and aeolian reworking
Abundant crustose lichen and moss patches on the soil surface
Polygonal nets weakly developed
SURFACE WEATHERING or |
SURFACE FEATURES |
Surface clasts subangular and unweathered, pale brown surface carbonate coatings are extensive
Nil
08a 0-5cm
101
light olive grey (5Y 6/2) sandy gravel
102
weakly cohesive
103
rock fragments subangular to subrounded and unweathered
104
distinct thin calcium carbonate coatings on some rock fragments.
Yes
a
Hard ice-cemented
5
1
(5cm)
Soluble Salt |
Concentration |
800001
08a
0-5cm
0
5
none
12-Dec-2005
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