Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
547000
547
19-Jan-1988
IBC, GGC
Royal Society Range; Transantarctic Mountains
Soil Biological examination
Ross Island & Vicinity, Antarctica, 1:250 000 US Geological Survey, 1986
CS Lscp
No
163.3430
-78.2383
78deg 14.3'S
-163deg -20.6'E
Walcott Bay, at the eastern edge of the Walcott Glacier; 30m from the glacier front; a flat site amongst blocks of thawing ice in a damp patch and an adjacent dry patch
0
Nil
325
cf. Notes for GEOLAND below
(0o)
Oceanic subxerous; soil is moist from glacial thaw water but dry in patches
-20
Coastal Antarctic
Sandy gravel till of mixed lithology; granite, schist, dolerite; igneous
Cyanobacteria in damp spots
Nil
| SURFACE WEATHERING or |
| SURFACE FEATURES |
Surface is unweathered
Nil
547a 0-5cm
101
dark greyish brown (2.5Y 4/2 moist) sandy gravel
102
surface algal growth,
547b 0-5cm
201
greyish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sandy gravel
Yes
0
1
Geoland
| The Walcott Bay area has a complex geology with basement rocks, small volcanic cones and an extensive drift mantle which include a wide range of rocks; the |
| area was previously covered by the Koetlitz Glacier which has retreated; lower altitude surfaces are late Ross Glaciation in age |
| Soluble Salt |
| Concentration |
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