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97

Site Information

Site number:: 97

Authors:: IBC, GGC

Date recorded:: 1964/12/17

Reason Sampled:: Weathering examination

Description:: A small basin formed in dolerite approximately 6km ESE of Mt Butters, just north of Mincey Glacier

Altitude:: 1400 m

Aspect:: Nil

Slope:: 0 °

Location Data
Observer	IBC
GPS	No
Latitude Longitude DMS	84° 54' S 176° 55' W
Latitude Longitude DD	-84.900 -176.92
Latitude longitude precision DD	0.008 0.04
Locality	West side of Shackleton Glacier at Cascade Bluff, Queen Maud Mountains
Survey	USGS 1:250 000 1968; Liv Glacier SV 1-10/5

Climate

Soil climate zone:: Coastal mountain

Estimated mean annual temperature:: -30 °C

Frozen ground depth:: 0 NoObs

Frozen type:: NoObs

Frozen comment:: NoObs

Geology

Geological setting:: A dolerite outcrop nearby

Patterned ground:: Nil

Surface weathering or surface features:: A few patches of salt under some larger surface rocks

Soil

Soil parent material:: Dolerite gravel from dolerite outcrop; this material contrasts with the granitic till nearby

Previous disturbance:: Nil

Soil weathering stage:

Soil moisture status:: Xerous to subxerous; on middle and lower slopes, the soils are moist at the surface

Biological activity:: Nil observed

Profile Description
Horizon	Depth	Description
97a	0 – 10 cm	reddish brown (5YR 4/4) gravel

Sample Data

Physical Data
Sample name	Depth description	Top (cm)	Base (cm)	Bulk Density	Dry Bulk Density	Gravimetric Moisture	Vol. Moisture (BD=2)
97	0-10cm	0	10

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
97	6.5	0.3	0.4	<0.01	0.02	0.1	.	.	.	0.12

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
97	33	72.5	11.4	6.8	1.7	1.2	2.2	3.6	0.59	.

Clay Mineralogy
Sample name	Mica	IHM	HIV - IHM	ICHL	VT	HIV	CHL	SM	CHL SM	FE - CHL	HT	QTZ	FLD	HB	CAL	Notes
97	100.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.

National Soil Archive Samples
Sample name	NSA Sample Id	Container type	Fraction type
97	M22/0779	medium	coarse
97	M22/0780	White lid small	fine

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