Ross Sea Region Soil Sites

293000

293

12-Jan-1970

BCW/HRK;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

Soil weathering examination

DESCRIPTION

Mount Goodale

MAP / SURVEY

PHOTO RECORD

No

-155.8170

/

-85.6167

LAT / LONG

85deg 37.0'S

155deg 49.0'E

/

[ Lat/Long (deg)

]

Feeney Peak

ALTITUDE (m)

GEOLOGICAL

SETTING

0

SLOPE (deg)

ASPECT

1,200

The area has a complex and variable sequence of rocks including metasedimentary quartzite, marbles, schists, and granitised sediments

TEMPERATURE  (degC)

DEPTH (cm)

SOIL MOISTURE STATUS

-20

Est MAT (degC)

Coastal Mountain

SOIL CLIMATE ZONE

Silty till

SOIL PARENT MATERIAL

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY

PATTERNED GROUND

SURFACE WEATHERING  or

SURFACE FEATURES

PREVIOUS DISTURBANCE

Nil

PROFILE DESCRIPTION

293a 0-7cm

101

 light olive grey (5Y 6/2) silty gravel

Part

102

 loose

Part

103

 some salt flecks

Part

104

 rock particles subrounded and some partly altered,

Part

293b 18-20cm

201

 light olive grey (5Y 6/20 silty gravel

Part

202

 moderately cohesive

Part

203

 rock particles subrounded with some distinctly altered

Part

Yes

SAMPLES

a,b

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:

29300001

88.00

29300002

89.00

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

29300001

29300002

CAL

HB

FLD

QTZ

HT

FE -

CHL

SM

CHL

HIV

VT

ICHL

HIV -

IHM

IHM

MICA

Notes

Sample

Key

Clay Mineralogy:

29300001

29300002

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