Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
410000
410
5-Dec-1977
IBC, GGC
Wright Valley in the Olympus Range
Soil weathering examination
USGS, Antarctica 1:50,000 Topo. Ser. 1977 Victoria Upper Lake Antarctica
No
161.3100
-77.4967
77deg 29.8'S
-161deg -18.6'E
On the north side of Wright Valley in the Olympus range, above the North Fork of Wright Valley; on a broad undulating and hummocky Beacon sandstone bench surface with |
occasional dolerite dykes; south of Mt Aeolus |
0
Nil
1,600
Dolerite feeder dykes are the source for dolerite caps in the peaks of the Olympus Range; the dolerite surface is probably feldsenmeer
(0o)
Extensive snow cover from recent snow falls but little thawing; the soil surface is dry
-28
Central Mountain
Fragmented dolerite
Nil observed
Nil
SURFACE WEATHERING or |
SURFACE FEATURES |
Nil
410 0
101
Samples from rock fissure
102
soil not described
0
Soluble Salt |
Concentration |
41000002
25.00
41000003
41000001
54.00
41000002
41000003
41000001
41000002
41000003
41000001
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