Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
406000
406
30-Nov-1977
IBC, GGC
Wright Valley near the centre of the Asgard Range, to the SW of Lake Vanda between Nibelungen and Jotunheim Valleys
Rock weathering examination
USGS, Antarctica 1:50,000 Topo. Ser. 1977 Lake Vanda Antarctica
No
161.3000
-77.6083
77deg 36.5'S
-161deg -18.0'E
A sandstone ridge between Nibelungen and Jotunheim Valleys
0
1,675
cf. Notes for GEOLAND below
No snow patches; a dry site
-28
Inland Mountain
Nil observed
Nil
| SURFACE WEATHERING or |
| SURFACE FEATURES |
Sandstone outcrops with hardened oxidised upper surfaces but cavernous weathering on undersides; softer sedimentary bands crumbling
Nil
406 0
101
Rock sample only
102
soil not described
0
Geoland
| Beacon Sandstone rocks vary considerably in their lithology; they are commonly indurated quartzitic sandstone but finer sediments occur generally in thin |
| bands; in some places bands of coal are present; at this site, a band of thin olive green platy sediment was present |
| Soluble Salt |
| Concentration |
40600001
53.00
40600001
40600001
12-Dec-2005
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