Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
554000
554
20-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
163.4500
-78.1835
78deg 11.0'S
-163deg -27.0'E
| Walcott Bay, to the northeast of the Howchin Glacier; approximately 1km east of the Howchin Glacier on a long ridge surface; a rocky knoll about 10m below the crest of the |
| ridge |
0
Nil
800
Basement rock is gneiss; on some ridge surfaces till is thin or absent; there is strong physical disaggregation along the joint planes which are nearly vertical
(0o)
| Oceanic subxerous; snow is patchy on the ridge surface; the site is dry but the soil is moist |
| below the surface |
-23
Coastal Antarctic
Disaggregating and fractured gneissic bedrock with sand infilling along fracture planes; some basaltic erratics
Some green algae in patches beneath tabular light coloured rocks
Nil
| SURFACE WEATHERING or |
| SURFACE FEATURES |
Surface rocks are mainly tabular and form a moderately developed pavement
Nil
554a 0-4cm
101
light brownish grey (2.5Y 6/2) sandy gravel
102
green algae on the soil surface where in contact with covering tabular clasts
Yes
0
1
| Soluble Salt |
| Concentration |
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