Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
249000
249
12-Dec-1969
IBC, GGC
Scott Glacier region, southern Trans-antarctic Mountains on the Watson Escarpment
Biological
US Geological Survey 1:250 000 1968, Mount Blackburn
CS Lscp
No
-147.0830
-86.2333
86deg 14.0'S
147deg 5.0'E
Valley floor surface at the head of Long Valley; a series of glacial retreat surfaces with hummocky patterned ground topography
0
Nil
0
cf. Notes for GEOLAND below
Scattered snow patches but no thaw observed
-35
Inland Mountain
Black lichen
| SURFACE WEATHERING or |
| SURFACE FEATURES |
Lichen associated with partly weathereed rock surfaces
Nil
No
0
Geoland
| The valley floor moraines are formed by northward down-valley retreat of ice from Long Valley; moraine patterns are complicated by local ice stranding on the |
| valley sides; the youngest moraine and till deposits are near the glacier margin at the mouth of the valley; moraine composition reflects the geology of local |
| rocks, dominantly granite with some sandstone and dolerite |
| Soluble Salt |
| Concentration |
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