Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
84000
84
12-Dec-1964
IBC, GGC
Head of Shackleton Glacier at Roberts Massif, Queen Maud Mountains, on the edge of the Polar Plateau
Weathering examination
USGS 1:250 000 1968; Liv Glacier SV 1-10/5
No
177.1670
-85.4833
85deg 29.0'S
-177deg -10.0'E
A young surface at the north of Roberts Massif near Everett Nunatak
0
Nil
1,950
cf. Notes for GEOLAND below
(0o)
Ultraxerous, some patches of drift snow mainly behind larger boulders but no thawing
-45
Inland mountain
Pale greyish white disaggregated older lithified till
Nil observed
Nil
| SURFACE WEATHERING or |
| SURFACE FEATURES |
Pockets of disaggregated older till are present where the surface is protected from erosion by wind
Nil
Yes
a
NoObs
0
(NoObs)
Geoland
| Dolerite and Beacon Group sediments outcrop on overridden surfaces while deposits of old lithified till containing Ferrar Dolerite also occur; the older lithified |
| till may be Sirius Formation, considered to be related to the onset of glaciation in Antarctica in Oligocene or Miocene times; |
| Soluble Salt |
| Concentration |
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