Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
481000
481
19-Nov-1980
J Pickard
Vestfold Hills, Ingrid Christensen Coast
Soil weathering examination
B&W Lscp & Pro
No
78.2500
-68.5167
68deg 31.0'S
-78deg -15.0'E
Lied Bluff; an elongate moraine ridge draped on the summit of a peak; on a ridge crest
7
NW
120
Patchy till of mixed lithology over bedrock
(7o)
Oceanic subxerous; small snow patches present
0
Coastal Antarctic
Bouldery till dominated by dolerite
Nil
| SURFACE WEATHERING or |
| SURFACE FEATURES |
Boulders subangular to subrounded; upstanding; some slight surface exfoliation
481a
101
surface boulders and sandy gravel,
481b-l 0-110cm
201
olive grey (5Y 4/2) heterogeneous bouldery sandy gravel with sandy clay matrix
202
loose,
Yes
0
| Soluble Salt |
| Concentration |
48100001
48100002
45.00
39.00
15.00
15.00
9.00
10.00
6.00
5.00
0.60
48100003
59.00
32.00
17.00
17.00
11.00
10.00
8.00
5.00
0.40
48100004
54.00
30.00
14.00
18.00
12.00
12.00
7.00
5.00
0.60
48100005
49.00
31.00
16.00
18.00
11.00
10.00
8.00
5.00
0.40
48100006
39.00
24.00
17.00
19.00
13.00
12.00
8.00
6.00
0.60
48100007
48100008
49.00
26.00
15.00
18.00
13.00
12.00
7.00
8.00
0.60
48100009
48100010
56.00
26.00
15.00
19.00
13.00
12.00
8.00
7.00
0.60
48100011
48100012
48100001
48100002
7.10
13.00
6.40
5.00
4.40
0.32
12.30
5.80
0.01
48100003
7.70
5.11
2.70
1.80
6.50
0.40
4.60
2.20
0.01
48100004
7.00
1.17
1.90
2.40
3.80
0.26
2.70
3.30
0.01
48100005
7.60
3.20
1.80
2.10
4.70
0.27
2.70
1.30
0.01
48100006
7.00
3.42
1.70
2.00
4.50
0.25
3.00
1.70
0.01
48100007
48100008
6.90
2.71
1.40
3.50
4.20
0.16
2.50
1.30
0.01
48100009
48100010
6.90
2.20
1.00
3.40
2.80
0.08
1.80
1.50
48100011
48100012
48100001
48100002
60
8
8
2
8
5
48100003
60
15
5
4
6
10
48100004
60
10
10
3
7
10
48100005
60
5
3
10
48100006
55
10
10
15
5
4
6
10
48100007
5
48100008
60
4
7
4
4
5
2
10
5
48100009
48100010
60
5
10
5
3
7
10
48100011
48100012
12-Dec-2005
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