Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
483001
483
11-Nov-1981
J Pickard
Vestfold Hills, Ingrid Christensen Coast
Soil weathering examination
B&W Lscp & Pro
No
78.1667
-68.5667
68deg 34.0'S
-78deg -10.0'E
Perched Rock; transverse moraine ridge; draped on the crest of a ridge; on a ridge crest
0
Nil
85
Extensive till surface with large boulders; mainly basement rocks
(0o)
Oceanic subxerous; small snow patches present
0
Coastal Antarctic
Sandy gravel till
Nil
| SURFACE WEATHERING or |
| SURFACE FEATURES |
Boulders moderately upstanding; partly rounded; some minor pitting; some cavernous weathering;
483a
101
surface boulders and sandy gravel
102
partly buried boulders partly decomposed,
483b-l 0-105cm
201
heterogeneous greenish sandy clay with gravel, pebbles and boulders
202
many large clasts
203
some rock surfaces with white crusts,
Yes
0
Geoland
| The rocks of the area are McMurdo Volcanics, predominantly scoria; the surface materials are thin scoria drift material with some accessions of sedimentary and |
| crystalline rocks derived via glacial activity from the mainland; finer textured accumulations may be windblown dust |
| Soluble Salt |
| Concentration |
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