Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
238000
238
5-Dec-1969
IBC, GGC
Scott Glacier region, southern Trans-antarctic Mountains at the southern end of the Watson Escarpment
Rock sample examination
US Geological Survey 1:250 000 1968, Mount Blackburn
No
-148.6170
-86.3500
86deg 21.0'S
148deg 37.0'E
A ridge top peak to the north of Mt Czgeka; at the summit amongst rock outcrops; a narrow craggy ridge with pockets of weathering debris
0
Nil
2,025
Coarse crystalline rocks outcrop with much variation in mineralogy; hornblendite occurs in places
| Some small snow pockets; probable brief liquid water on rock surfaces after snow fall and |
| thaw |
-40
Inland Mountain
Rock outcrop
Yellow crustose lichen (Lecanora griseomarginata, or Acarospora emergens) in cracks in the rock
Nil
| SURFACE WEATHERING or |
| SURFACE FEATURES |
Rock outcrop surfaces show marked oxidation and staining; exfoliation forms manly angular fragments; occasional salt efflorescences on rocks
Nil
Yes
a
0
| Soluble Salt |
| Concentration |
23800001
23800001
23800001
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