Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
288000
288
10-Jan-1970
IBC, GGC
Scott Glacier region, southern Trans-antarctic Mountains, on the West side of the Robert Scott Glacier, about 8km from the coast in the Medina Peaks region
Biological sample
Mount Goodale
No
-154.6000
-85.5467
85deg 32.8'S
154deg 36.0'E
Older moraine deposits near glacier ice
0
Nil
270
cf. Notes for GEOLAND below
| Scattered snow patches; some water in pools adjacent to ice edges; occasional snow thaw |
| patches and moist soils |
-20
Coastal Mountain
Recent glacial moraine
Lichens and algae observed; some bacteria recorded in soil samples
| SURFACE WEATHERING or |
| SURFACE FEATURES |
Surface unweathered
Nil
No
0
1
Geoland
| Rocks of this area include granites and a series of metsedimentary rocks; at Mt Rigby the rocks are mainly granites but the landscape has an old appearance on |
| the higher surfaces which have been inundated by later ice advances, most probably from an expanded and grounded; moraine alongside glacial ice is very |
| recent |
| Soluble Salt |
| Concentration |
28800001
28800001
28800001
12-Dec-2005
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