Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
59000
59
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
Weathering 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 between the Shackleton and McGregor Glaciers near Mt. Kenyon; a dolerite outcrop on the upper ridge slopes
6
N
2,200
| Ferrar Dolerite sills outcrop along ridges; on higher surfaces, outcrops are strongly jointed through weathering and rock surfaces and fragmental material has a weathered |
| appearance |
(6o)
Xerous;
-35
Central mountain
Disaggregated dolerite bedrock
Nil observed
Nil
| SURFACE WEATHERING or |
| SURFACE FEATURES |
Well stained surfaces on dolerite
Nil
59a 0-10cm
101
reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) sandy to silty granule and cobble gravel
102
weakly cohesive
103
few salt flecks on rock particles
104
rock particles subrounded to subangular, moderately stained and altered, on frozen ground
Yes
a
Hard ice-cemented
10
4
| Soluble Salt |
| Concentration |
5900001
59a
0-10cm
0
10
none
12-Dec-2005
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