Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
294000
294
14-Jan-1970
IBC, GGC
Scott Glacier region, southern Trans-antarctic Mountains, on the West side of the Robert Scott Glacier, about 12km from the coast west of the Medina Peaks
Biological examination
Mount Goodale
No
-157.8330
-85.5500
85deg 33.0'S
157deg 50.0'E
Brown Peaks on the eastern side of the Amundsen Glacier, at the northern end; from a site on the ridge crest
0
Nil
910
The area has a complex and variable sequence of rocks including metasedimentary quartzite, marbles, schists, and granitised sediments; the rocks at this site are dominantly |
granitic |
The soils are very moist from thawing snow patches
-20
Coastal Mountain
Thin till cover with granitic bedrock with some feldsitic rocks
Black lichen growing abundantly on rock and soil surfaces
SURFACE WEATHERING or |
SURFACE FEATURES |
Surface rocks are strongly oxidised and well stained; also crumbly; some local solifluction; weathering may be relict
Nil
No
0
Soluble Salt |
Concentration |
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