Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
58000
58
1-Dec-1964
IBC, GGC
Shackleton Glacier, Queen Maud Mountains, on mountain slopes to the south of McGregor Glacier at the northern end of the Cumulus Hills
Fine fraction examination
USGS 1:250 000 1968; Liv Glacier SV 1-10/5
No
174.9670
-85.1667
85deg 10.0'S
-174deg -58.0'E
On a narrow ridge with dolerite/Beacon Group outcrops between the Shackleton and McGregor Glaciers near Mt. Kenyon;
4
NE
2,200
Ferrar Dolerite sills outcrop with Beacon Group sediments, patches of disaggregated bedrock have accumulations of fine loess-like material
(4o)
Xerous;
-35
Central mountain
Fragmented bedrock and aeolian fines
Nil observed
Some small solifluction terracettes
| SURFACE WEATHERING or |
| SURFACE FEATURES |
Nil
58a 0-5cm
101
very pale brown (10YR 7/3) pebbly granular silt
102
cohesive
103
well developed vesicular crust.
Yes
a
NoObs
0
2
(NoObs)
| Soluble Salt |
| Concentration |
5800001
58a
0-5cm
0
5
none
12-Dec-2005
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