Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
356000
356
8-Dec-1972
IBC, GGC
Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valley region, near Lake Vanda
Soil salt examination
USGS 1:50,000 Antarctic Topo. Ser. Lake Vanda Quadrangle
B&W Lsc
No
161.1670
-77.5667
77deg 34.0'S
-161deg -10.0'E
On the floor of Wright Valley, in the South Fork at Don Juan Pond; the sample site is near the western end; near a wet area with extensive salt precipitations
0
Nil
175
Don Juan Pond is a saline calcium chloride enriched hollow which varies in wetness, but at the time of sampling was wet only in a small area;
(0o)
A wet saline area
-23
Central Mountain
Salt samples only
Nil observed
Nil
| SURFACE WEATHERING or |
| SURFACE FEATURES |
Extensive surface salt precipitations
Nil at site; the area was examined previously by many people
356a 1-0cm
101
surface salts precipitation
102
moist
103
profuse crystalline salts,
356b 0-1cm
201
surface salts
202
moist
203
profuse crystalline salts
Yes
a
0
| Soluble Salt |
| Concentration |
35600001
35600002
35600001
35600002
35600001
35600002
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