Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
32000
32
15-Nov-1964
IBC, GGC
Inexpressible Island, Terra Nova Bay
Rock weathering
USGS 1:250 000 1968; Mt Melbourne SS 58-60/9
B&W & CS Lscp
No
163.7000
-74.8833
74deg 53.0'S
-163deg -42.0'E
Soil material examined in cracks in a very large granite boulder on rising undulating moraine on the north east side of Inexpressible Island
7
NE
150
| Glacial till derived mainly from Granite Harbour Intrusives occurs extensively; a very large boulder, either bedrock or till derived, contained fine particle-sized material in rock |
| cracks |
(7o)
| Oceanic subxerous, little liquid water available at present, moisture source occasional |
| snowmelt |
-18
Coastal Antarctic
Coarse sand and granule sized granite (with some metasedimentary) rock particles in a rock crack
Nil observed
Nil
| SURFACE WEATHERING or |
| SURFACE FEATURES |
Some fracturing of large boulders and slight wind rounding; some slight surface staining
Nil
32a 0-20cm
101
greyish brown to light yellowish brown (2.5Y 5/2-6/4) granular sand
102
loose
103
some sand particles subrounded and some rock fragments partly oxidised
Yes
a
0
2
(NoObs)
| Soluble Salt |
| Concentration |
3200001
32a
0-20cm
0
20
none
12-Dec-2005
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