Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
480000
480
20-Nov-1980
J Pickard
Vestfold Hills, Ingrid Christensen Coast
Soil weathering examination
B&W Lscp & Pro
No
78.3833
-68.4667
68deg 28.0'S
-78deg -23.0'E
Lichen Valley; an elongate moraine ridge draped over a hill; on the crest of a ridge
5
N
80
A small patch of moraine over widely exposed partly jointed bedrock
(5o)
Oceanic subxerous; no adjacent snow
0
Coastal Antarctic
Very bouldery till of mixed lithology
| SURFACE WEATHERING or |
| SURFACE FEATURES |
Surface boulders are dominantly angular to subangular with little disintegration
480a
101
surface boulders and sandy gravel
102
greyish
103
some salt stains,
480b-k 0-100cm
201
light grey (5Y 7/2) heterogeneous bouldery sandy gravel
202
a few feathers at 20cm
203
some white salt stains
204
nearer the surface, some oxidised patches from disintegrating rocks, on very bouldery gravel
Yes
0
| Soluble Salt |
| Concentration |
48000004
29.00
32.00
22.00
21.00
11.00
8.00
5.00
1.00
0.30
48000005
48000006
43.00
36.00
21.00
20.00
11.00
8.00
4.00
1.00
0.30
48000002
45.00
24.00
20.00
22.00
14.00
11.00
7.00
2.00
0.30
48000003
48.00
35.00
21.00
21.00
11.00
7.00
4.00
2.00
0.30
48000001
48000007
48000008
37.00
39.00
18.00
17.00
11.00
8.00
5.00
1.00
0.30
48000009
48000010
34.00
32.00
17.00
18.00
12.00
11.00
8.00
1.00
0.20
48000011
48000004
7.50
1.57
0.54
2.40
2.30
0.20
1.00
1.40
0.10
48000005
48000006
7.30
2.17
0.52
7.90
1.30
0.18
0.33
6.90
0.07
48000002
7.90
1.60
0.60
2.30
3.20
0.30
1.20
0.59
0.11
48000003
8.10
0.94
0.37
1.30
1.10
0.13
0.64
1.20
0.05
48000001
48000007
48000008
7.40
1.71
0.52
4.10
1.30
0.15
0.79
3.40
0.09
48000009
48000010
7.20
1.20
0.48
1.80
1.50
0.13
0.82
0.75
0.09
48000011
48000004
70
5
5
5
5
4
5
6
48000005
48000006
40
11
30
3
6
10
48000002
65
5
5
10
5
2
3
5
48000003
60
5
5
5
48000001
48000007
48000008
40
15
30
5
5
5
48000009
70
10
5
2
6
7
48000010
48000011
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