Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
201000
201
18-Nov-1969
IBC, GGC
Scott Glacier region, southern Trans-antarctic Mountains
Weathering examination examination
US Geological Survey 1:250 000, 1968, Mount Blackburn
No
-145.9500
-86.5567
86deg 33.4'S
145deg 57.0'E
On the north side of Mt Mooney which forms a large nunatack near the head of the Robison Glacier; the site is amongst cliffs on a ridge adjacent to a small glacial retreat |
embayment, approximately 2 km NNW of Mt Mooney |
15
N
1,850
Mt Mooney is predominantly metavolcanic but the north side is granite, predominanly pink and coarse-grained, probably intrusive
Ultraxerous
-40
Inland Mountain
Metavolcanic and perhaps granitised (hornfells granite) fractured (argillised) rock
Nil Observed
Nil
SURFACE WEATHERING or |
SURFACE FEATURES |
Moderate oxidation and staining on boulder surfaces
Nil
201a 0-10cm
101
light grey to pale yellow (2.5Y 7/2 - 5Y 7/3) sandy silt from cracks in argillitic rock
102
loose
103
rock particles angular to subangular and unstained
Yes
a
0
1
Soluble Salt |
Concentration |
20100001
64.00
20100001
20100001
12-Dec-2005
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