Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
120000
120
6-Jan-1965
IBC, GGC
Victoria Land, Trans-antarctic Mountains; at the southern end of the Cook Mountains in the Brown Hills region of the Darwin Glacier
Weathering examination
USGS 1:250,000 1963; Carlyon Glacier ST 57-60/13*
No
158.3000
-79.8333
79deg 50.0'S
-158deg -18.0'E
The southwest end of the Brown Hills on Bastion Hill; an outcrop of dolerite on the north side of Bastion Hill
4
N
1,350
A dolerite outcrop on Bastion Hill; detritus derived from disaggregated dolerite in places has a crust of fine textured material
Oceanic subxerous; some snow patches on ridges and snow was currently falling
-28
Coastal mountain
Fine accumulation, possibly wind sorted, of doleritic material
Nil observed
SURFACE WEATHERING or |
SURFACE FEATURES |
A surface crust formed partly as a result of the accumulation of fine textured material
Nil
120a 0-5cm
101
brownish yellow (10YR 5/6) silty granular pebbly gravel
102
firmly cohesive
103
strongly developed vesicular structure
104
rock particles subangular weakly to moderately stained and coated with fines
105
some rock particles moderately altered
Yes
a
0
3
Soluble Salt |
Concentration |
12000001
120a
0-5cm
0
5
none
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