7

Site number:

7

Authors:

IBC, GGC

Date recorded:

1964/10/28

Reason Sampled:

Weathering examination

Description:

In a saddle on a ridge between Luther Peak and Edisto Inlet, 200m below Luther Peak

Altitude:

500 m

Aspect:

Nil

Slope:

0 °

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:

Disaggregated bedrock from greywacke sandstone of the Robertson Bay Group with surface accumulation of fine silt-like material

Patterned ground:

Weakly developed small nets

Surface weathering or surface features:

Angular unweathered greywacke cobbles and boulders and some quartz

Soil

Soil parent material:

Fine greywacke pebbles and silty (loess like) material

Previous disturbance:

Nil

Soil weathering stage:

1 (Campbell & Claridge 1975)

Soil moisture status:

Xerous to subxerous, soil moistened from periodic snow melt

Biological activity:

Not observed