Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
212000
212
23-Nov-1969
IBC, GGC
Scott Glacier region, southern Trans-antarctic Mountains on Ackerman Ridge
Rock weathering examination
US Geological Survey 1:250 000, 1968, Mount Blackburn
No
-148.1500
-86.5600
86deg 33.6'S
148deg 9.0'E
On a spur leading onto an east-west lying part of Ackerman Ridge; on a strongly sloping surface above Scott Glacier
22
W
1,850
cf. Notes for GEOLAND below
Ultraxerous; scattered snow remnants
-38
Inland Mountain
Nil Observed
Nil observed
SURFACE WEATHERING or |
SURFACE FEATURES |
Rock surfaces are stained and the oxidised rhind extends >5mm below the rock surface
Nil
Yes
a
0
Geoland
The rock sample is from a boulder of old till, possibly Sirius Formation; the till is firmly consolidated but fragmented by weathering with fragmented clasts |
having been moved downslope approximately 2.5m; some of the clasts have oxidised outer surfaces; the till is fine grained with rounded to subrounded clasts |
Soluble Salt |
Concentration |
21200001
21200001
21200001
12-Dec-2005
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