Ross Sea Region Soil Sites

290000

290

12-Jan-1970

IBC, GGC

Scott Glacier region, southern Trans-antarctic Mountains, on the West side of the Robert Scott Glacier, about 2km from the coast west of the Medina Peaks

SITE KEY

SITE NO

REASON SAMPLED

DATE RECORDED

AUTHORS

Biological sample

DESCRIPTION

Mount Goodale

MAP / SURVEY

CS Lscp

PHOTO RECORD

No

-156.6670

/

-85.4667

LAT / LONG

85deg 28.0'S

156deg 40.0'E

/

[ Lat/Long (deg)

]

Coastal hills between the Robert Scott Glacier and the Amundsen Glacier; at O'Brien Peak near the top; a rocky surface with small pockets of till between rock outcrops

ALTITUDE (m)

GEOLOGICAL

SETTING

0

SLOPE (deg)

Nil

ASPECT

490

O'Brien Peak area has a complex and variable sequence of rocks including metasedimentary quartzite, marbles, schists, and granitised sediments

(m .. 490m)

TEMPERATURE  (degC)

DEPTH (cm)

Dry site

SOIL MOISTURE STATUS

-20

Est MAT (degC)

Coastal Mountain

SOIL CLIMATE ZONE

Dominantly granitic till with minor gneiss and hornfels

SOIL PARENT MATERIAL

Lichens observed

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY

Nil

PATTERNED GROUND

SURFACE WEATHERING  or

SURFACE FEATURES

Surface bedrock exposures have distinctly oxidised surfaces

PREVIOUS DISTURBANCE

Nil

PROFILE DESCRIPTION

Part

No

SAMPLES

c,d

Med

Hi

/

FROZEN TYPE

0

FROZEN GROUND DEPTH(cm)

SOIL WEATHERING STAGE

Notes:

Seive

Size

Vol. Moisture

Drill Vol

Vol. Moisture

(BD=2)

Soluble Salt

Concentration

Gravimetric

Moisture

Particle

Size

Dry Bulk

Density

Bulk

Density

Base

(cm)

Top

(cm)

Depth

description

Sample

name

Sample

Key

Physical Data:

Notes

Grav.

M. Cont

Fe2O3

Part. Size

<0.002

Part. Size

0.02-0.002

Part. Size

0.05-0.02

Part. Size

0.1-0.05

Part. Size

0.25-0.1

Part. Size

0.5-0.25

Part. Size

2-0.5

Part. Size

<2mm

Sample

Key

Particle Size:

29000001

29000002

29000003

29000004

Notes

NO3

meq/100g

SO4

meq/100g

Cl

meq/100g

K

meq/100g

Mg

meq/100g

Ca

meq/100g

Na

meq/100g

EC

mmho/cm

pH

Solution Chemistry:

Sample

Key

29000001

29000002

29000003

gypsum

29000004

thenardite

CAL

HB

FLD

QTZ

HT

FE -

CHL

SM

CHL

HIV

VT

ICHL

HIV -

IHM

IHM

MICA

Notes

Sample

Key

Clay Mineralogy:

29000001

29000002

29000003

29000004

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