356

Site number:

356

Authors:

IBC, GGC

Date recorded:

1972/12/08

Reason Sampled:

Soil salt examination

Description:

On the floor of Wright Valley, in the South Fork at Don Juan Pond; the sample site is near the western end; near a wet area with extensive salt precipitations

Altitude:

175 m

Aspect:

Nil

Slope:

0 °

Climate

Soil climate zone:

Central Mountain

Estimated mean annual temperature:

-23 °C

Frozen ground depth:

0 cm

Frozen type:

Frozen comment:

Geology

Geological setting:

Don Juan Pond is a saline calcium chloride enriched hollow which varies in wetness, but at the time of sampling was wet only in a small area;

Patterned ground:

Nil

Surface weathering or surface features:

Extensive surface salt precipitations

Soil

Soil parent material:

Salt samples only

Previous disturbance:

Nil at site; the area was examined previously by many people

Soil weathering stage:

6

Soil moisture status:

A wet saline area

Biological activity:

Nil observed