Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
474000
474
13-Nov-1981
J Pickard
Vestfold Hills, Ingrid Christensen Coast
SITE KEY
SITE NO
REASON SAMPLED
DATE RECORDED
AUTHORS
Soil weathering examination
DESCRIPTION
MAP SURVEY
B&W Lscp & Pro
PHOTO RECORD
No
78.0833
/
-68.5833
LAT LONG
68deg 35.0'S
-78deg -5.0'E
/
Lat/Long (deg)
]
Bela Hill, an elongate sinuous moraine ridge; on a crest
ALTITUDE (m)
GEOLOGICAL 
SETTING
2
SLOPE (deg)
SW
ASPECT
40
(2o)
TEMPERATURE  (degC)
DEPTH (cm)
Oceanic subxerous; patchy snow cover
SOIL MOISTURE STATUS
0
Est MAT (degC)
Coastal Antarctic
SOIL CLIMATE ZONE
Bouldery till of mixed lithology
SOIL PARENT MATERIAL
BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY
Very weakly expressed
PATTERNED GROUND
SURFACE WEATHERING  or 
SURFACE FEATURES
Surface rock disaggregation; bouldery surface with a weakly developed pavement
PREVIOUS DISTURBANCE
PROFILE DESCRIPTION
474a
101
surface bouldery but variable, sand, pebbles, cobbles and boulders
Part
102
 ventifacted with elongate pits
Part
103
 distinct surface weathering,
Part
474b-d 0-30cm
201
 olive (5Y 4/3) clayey sand
Part
202
 pebbles and rocks
Part
203
 structureless
Part
204
 merging,
Part
474e 30-40cm
301
 light grey to grey (10YR 6/1) sand
Part
302
 lenses with a few rocks,
Part
474f-j 40-86
401
 olive (5Y 4/3) clayey sand with gravel, pebbles and rocks, on frozen ground
Part
Yes
SAMPLES
Hard ice-cemented
FROZEN TYPE
86
FROZEN GROUND DEPTH(cm)
SOIL WEATHERING STAGE
(86cm)
Notes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Seive
Size
VolMoisture  
Drill Vol
VolMoisture  
(BD=2)
Soluble Salt 
Concentration
Gravimetric 
Moisture
Particle 
Size
Dry Bulk
Density
Bulk
Density
Base
(cm)
Top
(cm)
Depth 
description
Sample
name
Sample
Key
Physical Data:
 
 
 
Notes
Grav.
MCont
Fe2O3
PartSize
<0.002
PartSize
0.02-0.002
PartSize
0.05-0.02
PartSize
0.1-0.05
PartSize
0.25-0.1
PartSize
0.5-0.25
PartSize
2-0.5
PartSize
<2mm
Sample 
Key
Particle Size
47400001
47400002
68.00
24.00
19.00
23.00
13.00
10.00
8.00
3.00
0.50
47400003
89.00
18.00
17.00
23.00
14.00
11.00
11.00
5.00
0.60
47400004
66.00
20.00
17.00
23.00
14.00
10.00
8.00
7.00
0.30
47400005
69.00
16.00
14.00
26.00
21.00
14.00
5.00
2.00
0.40
47400006
62.00
18.00
18.00
22.00
15.00
12.00
9.00
7.00
0.40
47400007
97.00
20.00
19.00
23.00
14.00
11.00
9.00
4.00
0.60
47400008
47400009
61.00
12.00
15.00
25.00
17.00
14.00
12.00
5.00
0.60
47400010
 
 
 
Notes
NO3
meq/100g
SO4
meq/100g
Cl
meq/100g
K
meq/100g
Mg
meq/100g
Ca
meq/100g
Na
meq/100g
EC
mmho/cm
pH
Solution Chemistry:
Sample 
Key
47400001
47400002
9.10
1.12
0.64
0.04
0.38
0.10
0.03
0.36
47400003
8.90
2.23
2.10
0.13
0.64
0.09
2.00
0.63
47400004
8.90
1.82
2.50
0.13
0.71
0.09
2.30
0.54
47400005
9.30
0.94
0.64
0.04
0.28
0.08
0.76
0.31
47400006
9.80
0.34
0.31
0.03
0.32
0.11
0.01
0.35
47400007
8.90
0.17
0.16
0.02
0.25
0.09
0.15
0.15
47400008
47400009
8.60
0.25
0.22
0.04
0.29
0.09
0.01
0.21
47400010
 
 
 
CAL
HB
FLD
QTZ
HT
FE 
CHL
SM
CHL
HIV
VT
ICHL
HIV 
IHM
IHM
MICA
Notes
Sample 
Key
Clay Mineralogy:
47400001
47400002
50
25
5
5
5
10
tr crist
47400003
65
20
5
10
47400004
55
5
10
10
5
5
10
47400005
60
5
15
5
5
5
5
47400006
70
5
10
5
5
5
5
47400007
70
5
10
5
5
5
47400008
47400009
80
5
10
47400010
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