Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
30000
30
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 short scree slope on an outcrop of tuffite on the lower slopes of Redcastle ridge, above the terrace and fan surfaces
10
NW
100
Tuffite of the McMurdo Volcanics Group is interbedded with scoriaceous basalt and outcrops in places
Oceanic subxerous, moisture from thawing of intermittent surface snow cover
-16
Coastal Antarctic
A thin layer of disaggregated tuffite, mantled with a veneer of harder flow basalt fragments, over compact tuffite
Nil observed
Nil
SURFACE WEATHERING or |
SURFACE FEATURES |
Angular surface pebbles and cobbles forming a protective pavement over softer tuffite
Nil
30a 0-10cm
201
strong brown to brown (7.5YR 5/6-4/4) gravelly sand
202
loose
203
small flecks of salt present
204
subangular to subrounded scoria and basalt fragments
205
abrupt boundary, on compact tuffite
3-0cm
101
surface basalt and scoria pebbles with some crystalline white salt and carbonate coatings beneath,
Yes
a
NoObs
0
1
(NoObs)
Soluble Salt |
Concentration |
3000001
30a
0-10cm
0
10
none
12-Dec-2005
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