Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
299000
299
15-Jan-1970
IBC, GGC
Scott Glacier region, southern Trans-antarctic Mountains, on the West side of the Robert Scott Glacier, about 1km from the coast and east of the Medina Peaks
Salt examination
Mount Goodale
B&W Lscp
No
-157.5000
-85.4667
85deg 28.0'S
157deg 30.0'E
McDonald Nunataks at the extreme north and east side of the Amundsen Glacier on a low recently exposed till surface towards the eastern end; a flat knoll
0
Nil
225
| 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 |
| marble |
A dry site
-20
Coastal Mountain
Salt sample on rock
Black lichens and other lichen species
Nil but ice fractured bedrock
| SURFACE WEATHERING or |
| SURFACE FEATURES |
Extensive efflorescences of calcareous salts on rock outcrop surfaces
Nil
Yes
0
1
| Soluble Salt |
| Concentration |
29900001
29900001
calcite
29900001
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