Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
239000
239
5-Dec-1969
IBC, GGC
Scott Glacier region, southern Trans-antarctic Mountains at the southern end of the Watson Escarpment
Salt 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 granitic rocks outcrop with ample evidence of rock weathering at these higher altitudes; occasional salt occurrances, some yellowish
Some small snow pockets; probable brief liquid water on rock surfaces after snow fall and |
thaw |
-40
Inland Mountain
Salt sample on rock
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 |
23900001
91.00
3.00
7.90
14.40
5.00
4.10
33.20
32.10
23900001
6.10
2.93
2.10
20.00
1.60
0.24
1.10
15.00
0.20
23900001
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