Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
479000
479
11-Nov-1980
J Pickard
Vestfold Hills, Ingrid Christensen Coast
Soil weathering examination
B&W Lscp & Pro
No
77.9500
-68.5833
68deg 35.0'S
-77deg -57.0'E
Heidemann Bay ridge; an elongate transverse ridge, at the top of the ridge
0
Nil
25
Bouldery till; dominantly crystalline rocks; possibly reworked beach sediments
(0o)
Oceanic subxerous; patchy snow cover
0
Coastal Antarctic
Very bouldery gravel with lenses of finer materials
Nil
| SURFACE WEATHERING or |
| SURFACE FEATURES |
Surface boulders are rounded and show granular disintegration; the inter-bolder surface is granular gravel
479a
101
surface bouldery sandy gravel
102
varied lithology,
479b-c 0-20cm
201
mixed sand, gravel and boulders
202
no structure,
479d 21-25cm
301
lens of grey bouldery sand/gravel with more clay,
479e-j 25-100cm
401
grey bouldery sandy gravel
402
traces of carbonate
403
fragments of worm tubes
Yes
0
| Soluble Salt |
| Concentration |
47900001
47900002
36.00
36.00
21.00
20.00
9.00
7.00
4.00
2.00
0.50
47900003
41.00
45.00
18.00
28.00
17.00
10.00
7.00
6.00
0.14
47900004
35.00
43.00
24.00
19.00
6.00
3.00
2.00
1.00
0.60
47900005
41.00
29.00
22.00
23.00
11.00
6.00
5.00
4.00
0.30
47900006
50.00
24.00
25.00
26.00
11.00
6.00
5.00
2.00
0.50
47900007
47900008
51.00
21.00
24.00
28.00
12.00
7.00
5.00
2.00
0.50
47900009
44.00
52.00
21.00
15.00
4.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
0.40
47900010
47900011
47900001
47900002
7.60
3.60
2.80
4.40
2.50
0.35
2.80
5.80
47900003
8.90
2.50
1.70
0.65
1.30
0.21
1.40
1.80
47900004
8.60
1.42
0.82
0.21
0.84
0.15
0.90
0.45
47900005
8.90
2.34
2.20
0.25
1.00
0.18
2.20
0.53
47900006
7.80
1.00
1.30
0.14
0.77
0.15
1.60
0.40
47900007
47900008
8.60
1.25
0.71
0.04
0.36
0.12
0.02
0.31
47900009
9.20
0.62
0.70
0.04
0.47
0.12
0.52
0.28
47900010
47900011
47900001
47900002
60
15
5
5
5
5
5
47900003
60
10
5
5
5
15
47900004
60
15
15
5
5
47900005
70
10
5
5
10
47900006
50
5
25
5
5
10
47900007
47900008
60
10
10
5
5
5
5
5
47900009
40
7
25
7
3
3
3
10
47900010
47900011
12-Dec-2005
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