A steeply sloping couloir in cliffs, immediately adjacent to Edisto Inlet; sampled from rock exposure near the top of the slope
Altitude:
450 m
Aspect:
E
Slope:
40 °
Location Data
Observer
IBC
GPS
No
Latitude Longitude DMS
72° 21' S 169° 55' E
Latitude Longitude DD
-72.350 169.92
Latitude longitude precision DD
0.008 0.04
Locality
Northern Victoria Land near Hallett Peninsula; west side of Edisto Inlet, 2km south of Cape Christie
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:
Metagreywackes of the Robertson Bay Group have remnant deposits of very old tills (Miocene?) overlying partly weathered? bedrock, loess like materials occur in pockets
Patterned ground:
Nil observed
Surface weathering or surface features:
Soil
Soil parent material:
Fine textured loess like material in rock crevasses
Previous disturbance:
Soil weathering stage:
6
Soil moisture status:
Xerous to subxerous, some moisture from thawing of extensive snow cover
Biological activity:
Nil observed
Profile Description
Horizon
Depth
Description
15a
0
–
5
cm
pale yellow (5Y 7/3) fine pebbly and granular silt; cohesive; vesicular structure