Browse Data | 1964 - Shackleton Glacier

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Site Information

Site number:: 57

Authors:: IBC, GGC

Date recorded:: 1964/12/01

Reason Sampled:: Examination of salts

Description:: On a ridge surface north of Mt. Kenyon at an outcrop of light coloured shale from Beacon Group sediments

Altitude:: 1800 m

Aspect:: NE

Slope:: 6 °

Location Data
Observer	IBC
GPS	No
Latitude Longitude DMS	85° 09' S 164° 58' W
Latitude Longitude DD	-85.150 -164.967
Latitude longitude precision DD	0.008 0.008
Locality	Shackleton Glacier, Queen Maud Mountains, on mountain slopes to the south of McGregor Glacier at the northern end of the Cumulus Hills
Survey	USGS 1:250 000 1968; Liv Glacier SV 1-10/5

Climate

Soil climate zone:: Central mountain

Estimated mean annual temperature:: -35 °C

Frozen ground depth:: 0 NoObs

Frozen type:: NoObs

Frozen comment:: NoObs

Geology

Geological setting:: Beacon Group sediments outcrop between dolerite sills; the sediments vary greatly and range from sandstones, shales quartzites and coal measures

Patterned ground:: Nil

Surface weathering or surface features:: Salt precipitation

Soil

Soil parent material:

Previous disturbance:: Nil

Soil weathering stage:: 6

Soil moisture status:: Xerous

Biological activity:: Not observed

Sample Data

Physical Data
Sample name	Depth description	Top (cm)	Base (cm)	Bulk Density	Dry Bulk Density	Gravimetric Moisture	Vol. Moisture (BD=2)
57

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
57											PartSize : not applicable

Clay Mineralogy
Sample name	Mica	IHM	HIV - IHM	ICHL	VT	HIV	CHL	SM	CHL SM	FE - CHL	HT	QTZ	FLD	HB	CAL	Notes
57																not applicable

National Soil Archive Samples
Sample name	NSA Sample Id	Container type	Fraction type
57	M22/0601	medium	coarse

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