Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
198000
198
31-Dec-1971
REC/FAM
Scott Glacier region, southern Trans-antarctic Mountains
Soil biological/soil weathering
US Geological Survey 1:250 000, 1968, D'angelo Bluff
No
-149.6830
-87.3333
87deg 20.0'S
149deg 41.0'E
Mt Howe; head of Robert Scott Glacier; southern most outcrop in the world; a bouldery moraine surface below rock granite bluffs; in the middle of a moraine covered surface
23
NE
2,570
Local rocks are granitic; the till sheet appears relatively recent
0
-17.0
2
-15.0
15
-12.0
Ultraxerous
0
Inland Mountain
Mixed granitic glacial debris
SURFACE WEATHERING or |
SURFACE FEATURES |
A rough bouldery surface
Nil
198a 2-0cm
101
surface,
198b 0-13cm
201
light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) sandy gravel
202
loose, on glacial ice
Yes
a
Stagnant ice
13
1
(13cm)
Soluble Salt |
Concentration |
19800001
66.00
19800002
19800001
19800002
19800001
19800002
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