Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
226000
226
28-Nov-1969
IBC, GGC
Scott Glacier region, southern Trans-antarctic Mountains on the east side of Bartlett Glacier
Salt sample
US Geological Survey 1:250 000 1968, Nilsen Plateau
CS Lscp
No
-152.3330
-86.4000
86deg 24.0'S
152deg 20.0'E
cf. Notes for DESCR below
0
Nil
1,900
| Granite and dolerite outcrop with oxidised and exfoliated granite occurring on elevated knolls; occasional dolerite erratics are present; the surface is clearly much older than |
| those of the lower altitude moraine sequences |
Thin patchy snow cover but no liquid snow melt observed
-38
Inland Mountain
Disaggregated fine-grained biotite granite with occasional dolerite erratics
Nil at site
Nil
| SURFACE WEATHERING or |
| SURFACE FEATURES |
Rounded and exfoliated bedrock with distinctly oxidised surfaces; a few scattered pitted dolerite erratics; salts beneath some surface stones
Nil
226a 0-5cm
101
light brownish grey to greyish brown (2.5Y 6/2 - 5/2) micaceous sandy granular gravel
102
loose
103
rock particles subangular with some moderately stained
104
distinct salt salt accumulations under some surface clasts
Yes
Dry frozen
0
3
Descr
| Table Top, a small peak on the east side of Bartlett Glacier, 13km SE of Mt Gardiner and 9km NW of Mt Denauro; on the east side on a weathered granite |
| outcrop; a knobbly surface with patches of residual soil between rocky knolls and salts beneath dolerite surface clasts |
| Soluble Salt |
| Concentration |
22600001
22600001
22600001
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