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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 |
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GPS |
No |
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Latitude Longitude DMS |
84° 54' S 176° 55' W |
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Latitude Longitude DD |
-84.900 -176.92 |
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Latitude longitude precision DD |
0.008 0.04 |
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Locality |
West side of Shackleton Glacier at Cascade Bluff, Queen Maud Mountains |
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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:
- 6
- 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
|
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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
|
Photos
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