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Site Information
- Site number:
-
478
- Authors:
-
J Pickard
- Date recorded:
-
1981/11/17
- Reason Sampled:
-
Soil weathering examination
- Description:
-
Gamma Cove; a moraine ridge with distinct knolls; on a lower bench at the foot of a steep moraine ridge
- Altitude:
- 11 m
- Aspect:
-
N
- Slope:
- 2 °
Location Data
| Observer |
IBC |
GGC |
|---|
| GPS |
No |
|
|---|
| Latitude Longitude DMS |
68° 39' S 78° 10' E |
68° 39' S 78° 10' E |
|---|
| Latitude Longitude DD |
-68.650 78.17 |
-68.650 78.17 |
|---|
| Latitude longitude precision DD |
0.008 0.08 |
0.008 0.08 |
|---|
| Locality |
Vestfold Hills, Ingrid Christensen Coast |
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|---|
| Survey |
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|---|
Climate
- Soil climate zone:
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Coastal Antarctic
- Estimated mean annual temperature:
- 0
°C
- Frozen ground depth:
- 0 cm
- Frozen type:
-
- Frozen comment:
-
Geology
- Geological setting:
-
- Patterned ground:
-
- Surface weathering or surface features:
-
Boulders fresh with little surface weathering
Soil
- Soil parent material:
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Very bouldery till
- Previous disturbance:
-
- Soil weathering stage:
- 6
- Soil moisture status:
-
Oceanic subxerous; patchy snow cover
- Biological activity:
-
Profile Description
| Horizon | Depth | Description |
|---|
| 478a |
-2
–
0
cm |
surface boulders in sandy gravel; brownish appearance, |
| 478b-k |
0
–
100
cm |
very dark greyish brown (10YR 3/2) heterogeneous sandy clay gravel; massive; structureless |
Sample Data
Physical Data
| Sample name | Depth description | Top (cm) | Base (cm) | Bulk Density | Dry Bulk Density | Gravimetric Moisture | Vol. Moisture (BD=2) |
|---|
| 478a
| 2-0
| -2
| 0
|
|
| No
|
|
| 478b
| 0-10cm
| 0.0
| 10.0
|
|
| No
|
|
| 478c
| 10-20cm
| 10.0
| 20.0
|
|
| No
|
|
| 478d
| 20-30cm
| 20.0
| 30.0
|
|
| No
|
|
| 478e
| 30-40cm
| 30.0
| 40.0
|
|
| No
|
|
| 478f
| 40-50cm
| 40.0
| 50.0
|
|
| No
|
|
| 478g
| 50-60cm
| 50.0
| 60.0
|
|
| No
|
|
| 478h
| 60-70cm
| 60.0
| 70.0
|
|
| No
|
|
| 478i
| 70-80cm
| 70.0
| 80.0
|
|
| No
|
|
| 478j
| 80-90cm
| 80.0
| 90.0
|
|
| No
|
|
| 478k
| 90-100cm
| 90.0
| 100.0
|
|
| No
|
|
Sample solution chemistry
| Sample name | pH | Na meq/100g | Ca meq/100g | Mg meq/100g | K meq/100g | Cl meq/100g | SO4 meq/100g | NO3 meq/100g | EC mmho/cm | Soluble Salt | Notes |
|---|
| 478a
|
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| 478b
|
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| 478c
|
9.7
|
.
|
.
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.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
0.02
|
.
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| 478d
|
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| 478e
|
9.8
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
0.06
|
.
|
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| 478f
|
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| 478g
|
9.3
|
.
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.
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.
|
.
|
.
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.
|
.
|
0.02
|
.
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| 478h
|
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| 478i
|
9.4
|
.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
|
0.06
|
.
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| 478j
|
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| 478k
|
9.2
|
.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
|
0.26
|
.
|
|
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 |
|---|
| 478a
|
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| 478b
|
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| 478c
|
| 24.0
| 17.0
| 24.0
| 13.0
| 8.0
| 7.0
| 6.0
| 0.4
| .
|
|
| 478d
|
|
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| 478e
|
| 22.0
| 21.0
| 27.0
| 13.0
| 8.0
| 6.0
| 3.0
| 0.2
| .
|
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| 478f
|
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| 478g
|
| 21.0
| 23.0
| 29.0
| 12.0
| 7.0
| 4.0
| 4.0
| 0.1
| .
|
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| 478h
|
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| 478i
|
| 20.0
| 22.0
| 29.0
| 13.0
| 7.0
| 5.0
| 4.0
| 0.1
| .
|
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| 478j
|
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| 478k
|
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Clay Mineralogy
| Sample name | Mica | IHM | HIV - IHM | ICHL | VT | HIV | CHL | SM | CHL SM | FE - CHL | HT | QTZ | FLD | HB | CAL | Notes |
|---|
| 478a
|
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:
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| 478b
|
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:
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| 478c
|
60.0
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
15.0
|
15.0
|
.
|
.
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.
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.
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.
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.
|
5.0
|
10.0
|
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:
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| 478d
|
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:
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| 478e
|
70.0
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
10.0
|
5.0
|
.
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.
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.
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.
|
5.0
|
5.0
|
5.0
|
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:
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| 478f
|
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:
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| 478g
|
60.0
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
10.0
|
10.0
|
.
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.
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.
|
.
|
5.0
|
5.0
|
10.0
|
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:
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| 478h
|
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:
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| 478i
|
60.0
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
10.0
|
5.0
|
.
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.
|
.
|
.
|
5.0
|
5.0
|
15.0
|
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:
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| 478j
|
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:
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| 478k
|
60.0
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
10.0
|
5.0
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
5.0
|
10.0
|
20.0
|
|
:
|
National Soil Archive Samples
| Sample name | NSA Sample Id | Container type | Fraction type |
|---|
| 478a
|
M22/3192
|
medium
|
coarse
|
| 478a
|
M22/3193
|
medium
|
fine
|
| 478b
|
M22/3194
|
medium
|
coarse
|
| 478b
|
M22/3195
|
medium
|
fine
|
| 478c
|
M22/3196
|
large sq
|
coarse
|
| 478c
|
M22/3197
|
medium
|
fine
|
| 478d
|
M22/3198
|
medium
|
coarse
|
| 478d
|
M22/3199
|
medium
|
fine
|
| 478e
|
M22/3200
|
medium
|
coarse
|
| 478e
|
M22/3201
|
medium
|
fine
|
| 478f
|
M22/3202
|
White lid small
|
coarse
|
| 478f
|
M22/3203
|
White lid small
|
fine
|
| 478g
|
M22/3204
|
White lid small
|
coarse
|
| 478g
|
M22/3205
|
White lid small
|
fine
|
| 478h
|
M22/3206
|
medium
|
coarse
|
| 478h
|
M22/3207
|
White lid small
|
fine
|
| 478i
|
M22/3208
|
White lid small
|
coarse
|
| 478i
|
M22/3209
|
White lid small
|
fine
|
| 478j
|
M22/3210
|
White lid small
|
coarse
|
| 478j
|
M22/3211
|
medium
|
fine
|
| 478k
|
M22/3212
|
White lid small
|
coarse
|
| 478k
|
M22/3213
|
White lid small
|
fine
|
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