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Site Information

Site number:: 65

Authors:: IBC, GGC

Date recorded:: 1964/12/02

Reason Sampled:: Weathering examination

Description:: Near the edge of the Polar Plateau at the head of La Prade Valley, 4km SE of Shenk Pk.; an easy sloping Beacon sediment outcrop surface

Altitude:: 2700 m

Aspect:: NE

Slope:: 15 °

Location Data
Observer	IBC
GPS	No
Latitude Longitude DMS	85° 13' S 174° 29' W
Latitude Longitude DD	-85.217 -174.483
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:: -40 °C

Frozen ground depth:: 0 NoObs

Frozen type:: NoObs

Frozen comment:: NoObs

Geology

Geological setting:: Beacon Group sediments, mainly sandstones outcrop widely but seldom have accumulations of weathered materials or soils

Patterned ground:: Nil

Surface weathering or surface features:

Soil

Soil parent material:: Yellow weathered sandstone with a surface crust

Previous disturbance:: Nil

Soil weathering stage:: 3 (Campbell & Claridge 1975)

Soil moisture status:: Xerous; abundant snow patches but no thawing observed

Biological activity:: Nil observed

Profile Description
Horizon	Depth	Description
65a	0 – 5 cm	pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) gravelly silty sand; loose but with a thin cohesive surface crust; sandstone particles platey and unstained and dolerite particles subrounded and moderately stained.

Sample Data

Physical Data
Sample name	Depth description	Top (cm)	Base (cm)	Bulk Density	Dry Bulk Density	Gravimetric Moisture	Vol. Moisture (BD=2)
65	0-5cm	0	5

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
65	5.9	1.8	1.9	0.8	0.03	0.6	3.3	1.3	.	0.49

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
65	64	28.6	14.7	18.1	7.4	9.8	11.3	9.2	0.88	.

Clay Mineralogy
Sample name	Mica	IHM	HIV - IHM	ICHL	VT	HIV	CHL	SM	CHL SM	FE - CHL	HT	QTZ	FLD	HB	CAL	Notes
65	30.0	25.0	.	25.0	.	.	.	10.0	.	.	.	.	10.0	.

National Soil Archive Samples
Sample name	NSA Sample Id	Container type	Fraction type
65	M22/0617	medium	coarse
65	M22/0618	medium	fine
65	M22/6800	Glass vial metal lid

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