10

Site number:

10

Authors:

IBC, GGC

Date recorded:

1964/10/30

Reason Sampled:

Weathering examination

Description:

northern side of glacial basin, 2km NE of Luther Peak on a ridge above the coast

Altitude:

175 m

Aspect:

Nil

Slope:

0 °

Climate

Soil climate zone:

Coastal Antarctic

Estimated mean annual temperature:

-15 °C

Frozen ground depth:

0 NoObs

Frozen type:

NoObs

Frozen comment:

NoObs

Geology

Geological setting:

Schistose greywackes of the Robertson Bay Group, bands of harder rock separated by thinner strongly foliated bands

Patterned ground:

Nil

Surface weathering or surface features:

Foliated greywacke disaggregating along bedding planes and forming a powdery material in rock cracks

Soil

Soil parent material:

Foliated and crumbled schistose greywacke forming a thin veneer over bedrock

Previous disturbance:

Nil

Soil weathering stage:

1 (Campbell & Claridge 1975)

Soil moisture status:

Xerous to subxerous

Biological activity:

Nil observed