Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
9000
09
29-Oct-1964
IBC, GGC
Northern Victoria Land near Hallett Peninsula; west side of Edisto Inlet near Luther Peak
Examination of salts
MZMS 166; 1960 Tucker Glacier
No
169.8830
-72.3500
72deg 21.0'S
-169deg -53.0'E
Eastern side of glacial basin below Luther Peak, on a foot slope
15
E
125
Till and slope drift derived from schistose greywackes of the Robertson Bay Group
Xerous to subxerous
-15
Coastal Antarctic
Greywacke till, with surface reworking due to downslope movement
Nil observed
Weakly developed solifluction terracing
SURFACE WEATHERING or |
SURFACE FEATURES |
Surface clasts subangular and unweathered, white encrustations of salt on some rocks, on the soil surface and beneath some surface stones
Nil
09a 0-2cm
101
white to light grey (5Y 8/1-7/1) gravelly silt
102
firmly cohesive
103
strongly vesicular
104
rock fragments angular and unstained
105
sharp boundary,
09b 2-5cm
201
light olive grey (5Y 6/2) silty pebble gravel
202
loose to weakly cohesive
203
rock fragments angular and unstained
Yes
a,b
Hard ice-cemented
5
1
(5cm)
Soluble Salt |
Concentration |
900001
09a
0-2cm
0
2
none
900002
09b
2-5cm
2
5
none
12-Dec-2005
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