Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
217000
217
25-Nov-1969
IBC, GGC
Scott Glacier region, southern Trans-antarctic Mountains on Ackerman Ridge
Salt composition examination
US Geological Survey 1:250 000, 1968, Mount Blackburn
B&W and CS Lscp
No
-147.9670
-86.5617
86deg 33.7'S
147deg 58.0'E
On a steep NW sloping talus slope, about mid slope
33
NW
1,900
cf. Notes for GEOLAND below
Small scattered snow patches; no indication of liquid moisture
-38
Inland Mountain
Bouldery morainal gravel
Nil Observed
Nil
SURFACE WEATHERING or |
SURFACE FEATURES |
Some weak staining on upper surfaces of boulders but most rocks are angular and unstained
Nil
217a 0-20cm
101
angular pebbles, cobbles and boulders with salt accumulations beneath some larger clasts
Yes
Dry frozen
0
2
Geoland
Steep slopes in this locality have the appearance of scree slopes but in reality may be thin till deposits in some places overlying stagnant ice; weakly expressed |
moraine ridges cross the slopes in places; the debris is very loose and unstable and readily slides on the underlying smooth ice surface where it is present; the |
absence of rock material from ridgetop exposures strongly suggests a moraine origin for these slope materials |
Soluble Salt |
Concentration |
21700001
21700001
21700001
12-Dec-2005
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