Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
253000
253
18-Dec-1969
IBC, GGC
Scott Glacier region, southern Trans-antarctic Mountains, in mountains just south of the Albanus Glacier
Soil weathering examination
US Geological Survey 1:250 000 1968, Wisconsin Range
CS Lscp
No
-149.5000
-85.9300
85deg 55.8'S
149deg 30.0'E
On the narrow bouldery ridge between Mt Andrews and Mt Danforth near a zone of altered rock by a quartz outcrop
12
SW
1,700
A complex of rock types is present on the ridge surface; dark volcanics, granites and quartz outcrops
| Many snow patches on the ridge surface and probably some occasional thaw from snow on |
| dark coloured rocks |
-40
Central Mountain
Mixed igneous and intrusives disaggregated by surface weathering
Nil observed
Nil
| SURFACE WEATHERING or |
| SURFACE FEATURES |
Dark staining on some clasts with crystalline salt accumulations; some yellow vesicular soil and salt accumulations
Nil
253a 0-5cm
101
light yellowish brown to yellow (2.5Y 6/4 - 7/6) sandy granular gravel
102
moderately cohesive
103
many diffuse salts and some yellow (2.5Y 8/8) salt aggregations
104
many acicular salt crystals
105
rock particles dominantly angular with many strongly stained and altered
Yes
a
0
4
| Soluble Salt |
| Concentration |
25300001
38.00
25300001
25300001
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