Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
231000
231
28-Nov-1969
IBC, GGC
Scott Glacier region, southern Trans-antarctic Mountains on the east side of Bartlett Glacier
Till sample, possibly Sirrius Formation
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
2,010
cf. Notes for GEOLAND below
Scattered snow patches but no indications of snow thaw or liquid water
-40
Inland Mountain
Nil at site
Nil
| SURFACE WEATHERING or |
| SURFACE FEATURES |
Consolidated and compact till deposit with clasts that are smaller than the surface superficial till deposit
Nil
Yes
a
0
Geoland
| Older pale coloured, unweathered and consolidated till may represent deposits of a former glaciation with possible correlation with the Sirrius Formation; this |
| formation may reprsent an early Antarctic glaciation and is seen in various places in the Transantarctic Mountains; the till was observed on the Tabletop ridge in |
| two separate locations |
| Soluble Salt |
| Concentration |
23100001
23100001
23100001
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