Browse Data | 1964 - Hallett Peninsula

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Site Information

Site number:: 12

Authors:: IBC, GGC

Date recorded:: 1964/10/30

Reason Sampled:: Biological sample

Description:: Northern side of a glacial basin on a ridge alongside the coast, approx 2km NE of Luther Peak, a small hollow

Altitude:: 250 m

Aspect:: Nil

Slope:: 0 °

Location Data
Observer	IBC
GPS	No
Latitude Longitude DMS	72° 21' S 169° 54' E
Latitude Longitude DD	-72.350 169.900
Latitude longitude precision DD	0.008 0.008
Locality	Northern Victoria Land near Hallett Peninsula; west side of Edisto Inlet near Luther Peak
Survey	MZMS 166; 1960 Tucker Glacier

Climate

Soil climate zone:: Coastal Antarctic

Estimated mean annual temperature:: -17 °C

Frozen ground depth:: 0 NoObs

Frozen type:: NoObs

Frozen comment:: NoObs

Geology

Geological setting:: Greywacke rocks of the Robertson Bay Group

Patterned ground:: Not observed

Surface weathering or surface features:: Not observed

Soil

Soil parent material:: Greywacke till

Previous disturbance:: Nil

Soil weathering stage:

Soil moisture status:: Xerous to subxerous, some moisture from thawing of patchy snow cover

Biological activity:: Moss and lichen patches, some insects

Sample Data

Physical Data
Sample name	Depth description	Top (cm)	Base (cm)	Bulk Density	Dry Bulk Density	Gravimetric Moisture	Vol. Moisture (BD=2)
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Particle size distribution
Sample name	< 2 mm	2 - 0.5 mm	0.5 - 0.25 mm	0.25 - 0.1 mm	0.1 - 0.05 mm	0.05 - 0.02 mm	0.02 - 0.002 mm	< 0.002 mm	Fe₂O₃	CaCO₃	Notes
12											PartSize : not analysed

Clay Mineralogy
Sample name	Mica	IHM	HIV - IHM	ICHL	VT	HIV	CHL	SM	CHL SM	FE - CHL	HT	QTZ	FLD	HB	CAL	Notes
12																not analysed

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