Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
22000
22
3-Nov-1964
IBC, GGC
Northern Victoria Land near Hallett Peninsula; at Redcastle Ridge between the Arneb and Edisto Glaciers
Weathering examination
MZMS 166; 1960 Tucker Glacier
No
169.9670
-72.4500
72deg 27.0'S
-169deg -58.0'E
A rocky knoll on Redcastle ridge,
15
N
250
A plug of dense basalt among black and red scoriaceous basalt and brown tuffites of the McMurdo Volcanic Group
Oceanic subxerous, soil moisture derived from occasional snowfalls
-16
Coastal Antarctic
Coarse fragmental basalt with some wind deposited material?
Nil Observed
Nil
SURFACE WEATHERING or |
SURFACE FEATURES |
Angular dense basalt from rock outcrop
Nil
22a 0-5cm
101
greyish brown (2.5Y 5/2) pebble and cobble gravel
102
loose
103
rock fragments angular and unstained.
Yes
a
NoObs
0
1
(NoObs)
Soluble Salt |
Concentration |
2200001
22a
0-5cm
0
5
none
12-Dec-2005
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