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Site Information
Site number:
8
Authors:
IBC, GGC
Date recorded:
1964/10/29
Reason Sampled:
Examination of stone coatings
Description:
Floor of a small glacially scoured basin, near Luther Peak
Altitude:
95 m
Aspect:
Nil
Slope:
0 °
Location Data
Observer
IBC
GPS
No
Latitude Longitude DMS
72° 21' S 169° 53' E
Latitude Longitude DD
-72.350 169.883
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:
-15
°C
Frozen ground depth:
5 cm
Frozen type:
Hard ice-cemented
Frozen comment:
5cm
Geology
Geological setting:
Till derived from schistose greywackes of the Robertson Bay Group, with some minor fluvial resorting on the valley floor
Patterned ground:
Polygonal nets weakly developed
Surface weathering or surface features:
Surface clasts subangular and unweathered, pale brown surface carbonate coatings are extensive
Soil
Soil parent material:
Greywacke till, with surficial fluvial and aeolian reworking
Previous disturbance:
Nil
Soil weathering stage:
6
1
(Campbell & Claridge 1975)
Soil moisture status:
Oceanic subxerous, seepage of water from thawing snow patches on adjacent areas at times
Biological activity:
Abundant crustose lichen and moss patches on the soil surface
Profile Description
Horizon Depth Description
8a
0
–
5
cm
light olive grey (5Y 6/2) sandy gravel; weakly cohesive; rock fragments subangular to subrounded and unweathered; distinct thin calcium carbonate coatings on some rock fragments.
Sample Data
Physical Data
Sample name Depth description Top (cm) Base (cm) Bulk Density Dry Bulk Density Gravimetric Moisture Vol. Moisture (BD=2)
8
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 Fe2 O3 CaCO3 Notes
8
45
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
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
8
not analysed
National Soil Archive Samples
Sample name NSA Sample Id Container type Fraction type
8
M22/0435
large
coarse
8
M22/0436
medium
fine
8
M22/6711
Glass vial metal lid
8
M22/6344
White lid small
fine; light colour rocks
8
M22/6345
Tall
dark colour rocks
8
M22/6346
large sq
light colour rocks
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