Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
230000
230
28-Nov-1969
IBC, GGC
Scott Glacier region, southern Trans-antarctic Mountains on the east side of Bartlett Glacier
Soil weathering examination
US Geological Survey 1:250 000 1968, Nilsen Plateau
No
-152.0670
-86.4100
86deg 24.6'S
152deg 4.0'E
Table Top, a small peak on the east side of Bartlett Glacier, 13km SE of Mt Gardiner and 9km NW of Mt Denauro; at the eastern end on a ridge, below a snowy summit
0
Nil
2,100
Till occurs on the highest eastern surfaces of Table Top and has a mixed lithology of granite, dolerite and quartzitic greywackes etc
Scattered snow patches but no indications of snow thaw or liquid water
-40
Inland Mountain
Bouldery till of mixed lithology
Nil at site
Nil
| SURFACE WEATHERING or |
| SURFACE FEATURES |
Surface rocks are strongly stained with weathering appearing more advanced than at lower altitudes
Nil
230a 0-10cm
101
light yellowish brown to brownish yellow (10YR 6/4 -6/6) bouldery sandy to silty gravel
102
loose
103
salt accumulations around some stones and in rock fractures
104
rock particles subrounded to subangular and stained
105
some rock particles with marked crystal alteration
Yes
a
0
4
| Soluble Salt |
| Concentration |
23000001
54.00
48.50
15.50
14.10
6.30
5.90
6.80
2.10
0.59
23000001
6.60
2.27
3.10
5.20
3.10
0.11
1.40
7.90
4.20
23000001
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