Lichen Valley; an elongate moraine ridge draped over a hill; on the crest of a ridge
Altitude:
80 m
Aspect:
N
Slope:
5 °
Location Data
Observer
IBC
GGC
GPS
No
Latitude Longitude DMS
68° 28' S 78° 23' E
68° 28' S 78° 23' E
Latitude Longitude DD
-68.467 78.383
-68.467 78.383
Latitude longitude precision DD
0.008 0.008
0.008 0.008
Locality
Vestfold Hills, Ingrid Christensen Coast
Survey
Climate
Soil climate zone:
Coastal Antarctic
Estimated mean annual temperature:
0
°C
Frozen ground depth:
0 cm
Frozen type:
Frozen comment:
Geology
Geological setting:
A small patch of moraine over widely exposed partly jointed bedrock
Patterned ground:
Surface weathering or surface features:
Surface boulders are dominantly angular to subangular with little disintegration
Soil
Soil parent material:
Very bouldery till of mixed lithology
Previous disturbance:
Soil weathering stage:
6
Soil moisture status:
Oceanic subxerous; no adjacent snow
Biological activity:
Profile Description
Horizon
Depth
Description
480a
-2
–
0
cm
surface boulders and sandy gravel; greyish; some salt stains,
480b-k
0
–
100
cm
light grey (5Y 7/2) heterogeneous bouldery sandy gravel; a few feathers at 20cm; some white salt stains; nearer the surface, some oxidised patches from disintegrating rocks, on very bouldery gravel