16

Site number:

16

Authors:

IBC, GGC

Date recorded:

1964/10/31

Reason Sampled:

Particle size examination

Description:

A steeply sloping couloir in cliffs, immediately adjacent to Edisto Inlet; sampled from rock exposure near basal till

Altitude:

350 m

Aspect:

E

Slope:

40 °

Climate

Soil climate zone:

Coastal Antarctic

Estimated mean annual temperature:

-17 °C

Frozen ground depth:

0 NoObs

Frozen type:

NotObs

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:

Nil

Soil weathering stage:

6

Soil moisture status:

Xerous to subxerous, some moisture from thawing of extensive snow cover

Biological activity:

Nil observed