Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
485000
485
2-Jan-1983
IBC, GGC
Ross Island; McMurdo Sound
Salts examination
B&W Lscp
No
166.7000
-77.8333
77deg 50.0'S
-166deg -42.0'E
| Southern Hut Point Peninsula approximately 850m west of Scott Base and north of the Scott Base-McMurdo road; on an undisturbed surface; at the edge of a shallow gully or |
| nivation cirque exposed by recent snow pack retreat |
0
Nil
120
cf. Notes for GEOLAND below
Oceanic xerous; the site is moist from thawing of a remnant snow patch
-18
Coastal Antarctic
Volcanic drift material with some pale coloured fines,
Nil observed
Nil
| SURFACE WEATHERING or |
| SURFACE FEATURES |
| The ground surface has a fresh and unweathered appearance suggesting recent exposure following loss of 'permanent' snow patches; patchy surface salt |
| precipitations |
Nil
485a 0-1cm
101
olive grey (5Y 5/2) sandy granule gravel
102
loose
103
moist
104
some surface salt precipitation
Yes
0
1
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; some areas of the landscape appear to |
| have been recently exposed by snowpack retreat |
| Soluble Salt |
| Concentration |
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