515

Site number:

515

Authors:

IBC, GGC

Date recorded:

1983/01/21

Reason Sampled:

Soil weathering examination

Description:

Approximately 1km from the eastern end of Battleship Promontory; on an undulating bench like surface; adjacent to some small salty ponds; the area surrounding the ponds has thick surface salt encrustations

Altitude:

1075 m

Aspect:

Nil

Slope:

0 °

Climate

Soil climate zone:

Central mountain

Estimated mean annual temperature:

-28 °C

Frozen ground depth:

0 ??

Frozen type:

Frozen comment:

??

Geology

Geological setting:

Ferrar Dolerite and Beacon Sandstone are the local rocks; the surface is part of dolerite sill

Patterned ground:

Nil

Surface weathering or surface features:

Surface rocks have a fresh appearance resulting from salt weathering

Soil

Soil parent material:

Fragmented dolerite

Previous disturbance:

Nil

Soil weathering stage:

6 4 (Campbell & Claridge 1975)

Soil moisture status:

The site is moist and adjacent to a salty pond

Biological activity:

Nil observed