Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
17000
17
2-Nov-1964
IBC, GGC
Northern Victoria Land near Hallett Peninsula; on Felsite Island at the southern end of Edisto Inlet
Soil characterisation
MZMS 166; 1960 Tucker Glacier
B&W LScp
No
169.8170
-72.4333
72deg 26.0'S
-169deg -49.0'E
On the northeast slopes of Felsite Island, on a gently sloping scree mantled slope below grewyacke and quartz outcrops
10
NE
125
Folded Robertson Bay Group metagreywacke with quartz veins outcrop extensively and have a thin cover of bedrock-derived slope detritus and minor till
Oceanic subxerous, no snow cover
-15
Coastal Antarctic
Stony metagreywacke slope detritus with minor inclusion of felsitic material
Nil observed
SURFACE WEATHERING or |
SURFACE FEATURES |
surface boulders partly rounded by wind abrasion; fragments of quartz outcrops spread 20m downslope; surface rocks mostly unstained; moderately |
developed cobble pavement |
Nil
17a 0-7cm
201
pale yellow (5Y 7/3) pebbly gravelly sand
202
loose
203
rock particles angular and unstained
204
indistinct boundary,
17b 7-25cm
301
pale yellow to pale olive (5Y 7/3-6/3) pebbly granular sand
302
weakly frosted
303
some coatings on rock particles
304
sharp boundary, on frozen ground
2-0cm
101
subangular surface pebbles and cobbles
102
faint staining on rock surfaces
103
sharp boundary,
Yes
a,b
hard ice-cemented
25
2
(25cm)
Soluble Salt |
Concentration |
1700001
17a
0-7cm
0
7
none
1700002
17b
7-25cm
7
25
none
12-Dec-2005
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