Ross Sea Region Soil Sites

779000

779

21-Jan-1994

IBC,GGC,MRB,DIC

East Beacon

SITE KEY

SITE NO

REASON SAMPLED

DATE RECORDED

AUTHORS

Soil weathering examination

DESCRIPTION

not recorded

MAP / SURVEY

PHOTO RECORD

No

160.8750

/

-77.8367

LAT / LONG

77deg 50.2'S

-160deg -52.5'E

/

[ Lat/Long (deg)

]

Top of East Beacon

ALTITUDE (m)

GEOLOGICAL

SETTING

10

SLOPE (deg)

S

ASPECT

2,803

Dolerite outcrop with Beacon sandstone below but sample has sandstone present (windblown quartz grains)

(10o)

TEMPERATURE  (degC)

DEPTH (cm)

Xerous to subxerous; the soil is moist and soil moisture may partly come from subsurface

seepage

SOIL MOISTURE STATUS

-35

Est MAT (degC)

Coastal mountain

SOIL CLIMATE ZONE

Dolerite and sandstone

SOIL PARENT MATERIAL

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY

PATTERNED GROUND

SURFACE WEATHERING  or

SURFACE FEATURES

PREVIOUS DISTURBANCE

Nil

PROFILE DESCRIPTION

779a 0-5cm

101

light reddish brown to pinkish grey (2.5Y 6/4-5YR 7/2) granular sand

Part

102

 moderately cohesive

Part

103

 strongly developed vesicular structure

Part

104

 rock particles subrounded to subangular, moderately to strongly stained and many moderately to strongly altered

Part

Yes

SAMPLES

FROZEN TYPE

0

FROZEN GROUND DEPTH(cm)

5

SOIL WEATHERING STAGE

Notes:

Seive

Size

Vol. Moisture

Drill Vol

Vol. Moisture

(BD=2)

Soluble Salt

Concentration

Gravimetric

Moisture

Particle

Size

Dry Bulk

Density

Bulk

Density

Base

(cm)

Top

(cm)

Depth

description

Sample

name

Sample

Key

Physical Data:

77900001

779a

0-5cm

0

5

0.61

none

Notes

Grav.

M. Cont

Fe2O3

Part. Size

<0.002

Part. Size

0.02-0.002

Part. Size

0.05-0.02

Part. Size

0.1-0.05

Part. Size

0.25-0.1

Part. Size

0.5-0.25

Part. Size

2-0.5

Part. Size

<2mm

Sample

Key

Particle Size:

77900001

Notes

NO3

meq/100g

SO4

meq/100g

Cl

meq/100g

K

meq/100g

Mg

meq/100g

Ca

meq/100g

Na

meq/100g

EC

mmho/cm

pH

Solution Chemistry:

Sample

Key

77900001

CAL

HB

FLD

QTZ

HT

FE -

CHL

SM

CHL

HIV

VT

ICHL

HIV -

IHM

IHM

MICA

Notes

Sample

Key

Clay Mineralogy:

77900001

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