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Site Information
- 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 °
Location Data
Observer |
IBC |
---|
GPS |
No |
---|
Latitude Longitude DMS |
72° 22' S 169° 51' E |
---|
Latitude Longitude DD |
-72.367 169.850 |
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Latitude longitude precision DD |
0.008 0.008 |
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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:
-
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:
- 6
1
(Campbell & Claridge 1975)
- Soil moisture status:
-
Xerous to subxerous, soil moistened from periodic snow melt
- Biological activity:
-
Not observed
Profile Description
Horizon | Depth | Description |
7a |
0
–
5
cm |
light grey (2.5Y 7/2) gravelly silt; cohesive; weakly developed vesicular structure; rock fragments angular, and unstained |
Sample Data
Physical Data
Sample name | Depth description | Top (cm) | Base (cm) | Bulk Density | Dry Bulk Density | Gravimetric Moisture | Vol. Moisture (BD=2) |
7
| 0-5cm
| 0
| 5
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
7
| 69
| .
| .
| .
| .
| .
| .
|
| .
| .
| 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 |
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
not analysed
|
National Soil Archive Samples
Sample name | NSA Sample Id | Container type | Fraction type |
7
|
M22/0433
|
medium
|
coarse
|
7
|
M22/0434
|
medium
|
fine
|
7
|
M22/6710
|
Glass vial metal lid
|
|
7
|
M22/6336
|
large sq
|
rocks
|
Photos
- Photo record:
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