Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
476000
476
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
78.2167
/
-68.5500
LAT LONG
68deg 33.0'S
-78deg -13.0'E
/
Lat/Long (deg)
]
Club Lake; an elongate moraine draped on a ridge; on the crest of a ridge
ALTITUDE (m)
GEOLOGICAL 
SETTING
0
SLOPE (deg)
Nil
ASPECT
50
Bouldery till from fine grained basement rocks
(0o)
TEMPERATURE  (degC)
DEPTH (cm)
Oceanic subxerous; patchy snow cover
SOIL MOISTURE STATUS
0
Est MAT (degC)
Coastal Antarctic
SOIL CLIMATE ZONE
Bouldery till with fines
SOIL PARENT MATERIAL
BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY
Nil
PATTERNED GROUND
SURFACE WEATHERING  or 
SURFACE FEATURES
Surface boulders rounded with distinct fragmentation; and reduction; a weakly developed pavement; some ventiforms
PREVIOUS DISTURBANCE
PROFILE DESCRIPTION
476a
101
surface weathered boulders and gravel
Part
102
 some salts
Part
476b 0-12cm
201
 brown clayey sandy gravel
Part
202
 salts abundant around clasts
Part
203
 some clasts disintegrating and weathered
Part
204
Part
476c-l 12-100+
301
 very dark grey (2.5Y 3/3) and dark greyish brown (2.5Y 4/2) till
Part
302
 structureless
Part
303
 some rocks weathered
Part
Yes
SAMPLES
FROZEN TYPE
0
FROZEN GROUND DEPTH(cm)
SOIL WEATHERING STAGE
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
47600002
39.00
28.00
18.00
21.00
10.00
7.00
11.00
4.00
0.70
47600001
47600003
52.00
33.00
17.00
19.00
10.00
7.00
9.00
5.00
0.70
47600004
34.00
31.00
15.00
19.00
11.00
8.00
10.00
5.00
0.50
47600005
44.00
24.00
16.00
21.00
12.00
8.00
11.00
7.00
0.70
47600006
47600007
47600008
43.00
27.00
16.00
19.00
12.00
10.00
11.00
5.00
0.80
47600009
47600010
47600011
38.00
27.00
16.00
19.00
12.00
9.00
9.00
7.00
0.70
47600012
19.00
29.00
16.00
19.00
12.00
10.00
9.00
4.00
0.80
 
 
 
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
47600002
7.00
42.00
25.00
18.00
14.00
1.20
35.00
25.00
47600001
47600003
7.40
7.00
5.00
7.30
13.00
1.10
6.60
6.90
47600004
7.10
7.51
3.40
7.20
11.00
1.00
6.70
10.00
47600005
7.40
6.51
3.40
7.30
9.80
0.96
6.00
8.20
47600006
47600007
47600008
6.80
7.91
3.80
12.00
9.20
0.81
5.00
15.00
47600009
47600010
47600011
7.40
4.40
2.90
2.90
7.10
0.45
4.20
6.30
47600012
6.90
4.08
2.60
2.90
6.30
0.32
 
 
 
CAL
HB
FLD
QTZ
HT
FE 
CHL
SM
CHL
HIV
VT
ICHL
HIV 
IHM
IHM
MICA
Notes
Sample 
Key
Clay Mineralogy:
47600002
60
20
8
4
4
4
47600001
47600003
65
10
15
5
5
47600004
60
8
12
4
4
4
8
47600005
65
10
10
5
10
47600006
47600007
47600008
60
10
10
3
3
7
7
47600009
47600010
47600011
50
10
10
10
5
10
47600012
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