Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
724000
724
31-Dec-1993
IBC,GGC,MRB,DIC
Pram Point, Scott Base
Soil moisture, permafrost monitoring and soil climate measurement
not recorded
CS Lscp
No
166.7670
-77.8500
77deg 51.0'S
-166deg -46.0'E
cf. Notes for DESCR below
3
SE
75
cf. Notes for GEOLAND below
(3o)
(m .. 75m)
0
17.0
surface
Xerous to subxerous; soil is moist below the surface; some moisture derived from small |
transient snow banks |
-18
Coastal mountain
Fragmented bouldery volcanic bedrock with some additions of glaciogenic finer materials, in part with some modification by slope drift processes; surface of the soil to approximately 30cm depth was removed by bulldozer
A few small patches of yellow lichen and some moss in the general vicinity
Weakly developed and without distinctive trough expression or well developed net pattern
SURFACE WEATHERING or |
SURFACE FEATURES |
Surface soil was removed to show a uniformly greyish brown subsurface above the frozen ground
cf. Notes for PREVDIST below
724
101
surface active zone, approximately 30cm, removed by bulldozer
724a 0-12cm
201
top of frozen ground
724b 12-30cm
301
724c 30-39cm
401
724d 39-55cm
501
724e 55-71cm
601
724f 71-96cm
701
724g 96-112cm
801
724h 112-120cm
901
No
Hard frozen and ice cemented with segregated ice
0
1
(At ground surface)
Descr
A gently sloping area forming a small bench on a moderately steep slope between Crater Hill and the east coast of Ross Island approximately 150m northwest |
from the Scott base buildings; drill hole and access tube site located in the northern disturbed part of an experimental area downslope from site 723; |
Geoland
The deposit comprises volcanics of the McMurdo Volcanics Formation mainly as scoriaceous flows; the surface materials are a thin cover of mainly fractured |
bedrock with addition of glacially derived granular and pebble clasts from outside the immediate area; the volcanic bedrock has been considerably fractured by |
freeze thaw; the surface age is probably very late Pleistocene (Ross Sea Glaciation) having been modified by McMurdo Sound filling glacial ice |
Prevdist
No evidence of past mechanical disturbance at the immediate trial site area but moderate foot traffic disturbance is very likely; present disturbance includes the |
presence of numerous particles of introduced organic and inorganic materials; at this site, the active layer has been removed |
Soluble Salt |
Concentration |
72400001
724a
0-12cm
0
12
2.35
36.00
7.41
15.00
0.17
none
72400002
724b
12-30cm
12
30
1.67
57.00
25.93
52.00
0.43
none
72400003
724c
30-39cm
30
39
0.61
40.00
125.14
250.00
0.76
none
72400004
724d
39-55cm
39
55
1.34
51.00
47.16
94.00
0.63
none
72400005
724e
55-71cm
55
71
1.51
27.00
40.75
81.00
0.62
none
72400006
724f
71-96cm
71
96
2.10
28.00
27.43
55.00
0.58
none
72400007
724g
96-112cm
96
112
2.09
9.00
13.97
28.00
0.29
none
72400008
724h
112-120cm
112
120
2.09
18.00
15.20
30.00
0.32
none
72400001
36.00
7.40
72400002
57.00
25.90
72400003
40.00
125.10
72400004
51.00
47.20
72400005
27.00
40.80
72400006
28.00
27.40
72400007
9.00
14.00
72400008
18.00
15.20
72400001
72400002
72400003
72400004
72400005
72400006
72400007
72400008
72400001
72400002
72400003
72400004
72400005
72400006
72400007
72400008
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