Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
24000
24
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
-72.4333
72deg 26.0'S
-169deg -58.0'E
A scoria patch on a moderately steep slope below a flattish surface just off the main Redcastle Ridge surface; description and sample site from the centre of a solifluction lobe
20
NW
175
Scoriaceous basalt, denser flow basalts and brown tuffites of the McMurdo Volcanic Group
Oceanic subxerous, soil moisture derived from occasional snowfalls and from downslope |
seepage from snowbanks above |
-16
Coastal Antarctic
Mainly coarse volcanic slope detritus reworked by patterned ground and solifluction processes
Nil observed
Well developed patterned ground/solifluction lobes, coarse particles around the margins and fine material in the centres
SURFACE WEATHERING or |
SURFACE FEATURES |
Angular unstained surface pebbles with salt accumulations beneath some stones
Nil
24a 0-5cm
101
pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty pebble gravel
102
cohesive
103
vesicular structure
104
rock particles angular and unstained.
Yes
a
NoObs
0
1
(NoObs)
Soluble Salt |
Concentration |
2400001
24a
0-5cm
0
5
none
12-Dec-2005
Page 24 of 896
24