Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
99000
99
24-Dec-1964
IBC, GGC
Victoria Land, Trans-antarctic Mountains; at the southern end of the Cook Mountains in the Brown Hills region of the Darwin Glacier
Salt characterisation
USGS 1:250,000 1963; Carlyon Glacier ST 57-60/13*
No
158.5000
-79.8000
79deg 48.0'S
-158deg -30.0'E
Approx 5km NE of Bastion Hill; a dolerite outcrop on a ridge with a salty soil
0
Nil
750
A sill of Ferrar Dolerite outcrops on a ridge overlooking Touchdown Glacier
Xerous to subxerous
-23
Coastal mountain
Fragmented dolerite
Nil observed
Nil
SURFACE WEATHERING or |
SURFACE FEATURES |
Moderately oxidised and stained surface rocks with some salt patches
Nil
Salt sample
101
Not described
Yes
a
0
Soluble Salt |
Concentration |
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