Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
60000
60
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 the valley side to the north of Mt. Kenyon on a talus slope at an outcrop of Beacon Group sediments
10
NE
1,900
Beacon Group sediments range from quartzites to carboniferous shales; in places the shales are altered and are graphitic
(10o)
Xerous;
-35
Central mountain
Black graphitic shale
Nil observed
Nil
SURFACE WEATHERING or |
SURFACE FEATURES |
Nil
a
0
Soluble Salt |
Concentration |
12-Dec-2005
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