Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
381000
381
19-Nov-1977
IBC, GGC
Wright Valley on the west side of the Meserve Glacier, 50m from the Meserve Glacier, in a stream bed.
Soil weathering examination
USGS, Antarctica 1:50,000 Topo. Ser. 1977 Lake Bonney Antarctica
No
No
162.2670
-77.5067
77deg 30.4'S
-162deg -16.0'E
The floor of a shallow gully, presently dry but with periodic water flows
8
N
400
cf. Notes for GEOLAND below
(8o)
Periodically wet
-20
Coastal Antarctic
Stream sediment
Some algal mats
Nil
| SURFACE WEATHERING or |
| SURFACE FEATURES |
Partly rounded boulders
Nil
381 0
101
Single sample, soil not described
No
0
1
Geoland
| Moraines adjacent to the Meserve Glacier record changes in the position of the glacier over a period of 2.3 my; adjacent to the glacier margin sediments are |
| clearly subject to fluvial activity; possibly these materials can be differentiated from adjacent till deposits which may not have been subject to fluvial processes |
| Soluble Salt |
| Concentration |
38100001
38100001
38100001
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