Ross Sea Region Soil Sites

478000

478

17-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

78.1667

/

-68.6500

LAT / LONG

68deg 39.0'S

-78deg -10.0'E

/

[ Lat/Long (deg)

]

Gamma Cove; a moraine ridge with distinct knolls; on a lower bench at the foot of a steep moraine ridge

ALTITUDE (m)

GEOLOGICAL

SETTING

2

SLOPE (deg)

N

ASPECT

11

(2o)

TEMPERATURE  (degC)

DEPTH (cm)

Oceanic subxerous; patchy snow cover

SOIL MOISTURE STATUS

0

Est MAT (degC)

Coastal Antarctic

SOIL CLIMATE ZONE

Very bouldery till

SOIL PARENT MATERIAL

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY

PATTERNED GROUND

SURFACE WEATHERING  or

SURFACE FEATURES

Boulders fresh with little surface weathering

PREVIOUS DISTURBANCE

PROFILE DESCRIPTION

478a

101

surface boulders in sandy gravel

Part

102

 brownish appearance,

Part

478b-k 0-100cm

201

 very dark greyish brown (10YR 3/2) heterogeneous sandy clay gravel

Part

202

 massive

Part

203

 structureless

Part

Yes

SAMPLES

FROZEN TYPE

0

FROZEN GROUND DEPTH(cm)

SOIL WEATHERING STAGE

Notes:

Seive

Size

Vol. Moisture

Drill Vol

Vol. Moisture

(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.

M. Cont

Fe2O3

Part. Size

<0.002

Part. Size

0.02-0.002

Part. Size

0.05-0.02

Part. Size

0.1-0.05

Part. Size

0.25-0.1

Part. Size

0.5-0.25

Part. Size

2-0.5

Part. Size

<2mm

Sample

Key

Particle Size:

47800001

47800002

47800003

33.00

24.00

17.00

24.00

13.00

8.00

7.00

6.00

0.40

47800004

47800005

64.00

22.00

21.00

27.00

13.00

8.00

6.00

3.00

0.20

47800006

47800007

66.00

21.00

23.00

29.00

12.00

7.00

4.00

4.00

0.10

47800008

47800009

70.00

20.00

22.00

29.00

13.00

7.00

5.00

4.00

0.10

47800010

47800011

76.00

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

47800001

47800002

47800003

9.70

0.02

47800004

47800005

9.80

0.06

47800006

47800007

9.30

0.02

47800008

47800009

9.40

0.06

47800010

47800011

9.20

0.26

CAL

HB

FLD

QTZ

HT

FE -

CHL

SM

CHL

HIV

VT

ICHL

HIV -

IHM

IHM

MICA

Notes

Sample

Key

Clay Mineralogy:

47800001

47800002

47800003

60

15

15

5

10

47800004

47800005

70

10

5

5

5

5

47800006

47800007

60

10

10

5

5

10

47800008

47800009

60

10

5

5

5

15

47800010

47800011

60

10

5

5

10

20

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