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Site Information

Site number:: 98

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 small glacially formed basin cut in dolerite with till on lower surfaces from a mixture of dolerite and granitic material

Patterned ground:: Not observed

Surface weathering or surface features:: Some weak surface oxidation; some small salt patches below larger surface stones; a surface crust has formed due to periodic soil wetting

Soil

Soil parent material:: Till from dolerite and granitic rocks

Previous disturbance:: Nil

Soil weathering stage:: 2 (Campbell & Claridge 1975)

Soil moisture status:: Xerous to subxerous; the soils are moist in places

Biological activity:: Nil observed

Profile Description
Horizon	Depth	Description
98a	0 – 5 cm	pale brown to brown (10YR 6/3-5/3) bouldery sandy to silty gravel; moderately cohesive; moderately developed vesicular and siltball structure; indistinct boundary,
98b	5 – 15 cm	light brownish grey (10YR 6/2) sandy bouldery gravel; weakly cohesive; weakly developed siltball structure; indistinct boundary, on greyish till

Sample Data

Physical Data
Sample name	Depth description	Top (cm)	Base (cm)	Bulk Density	Dry Bulk Density	Gravimetric Moisture	Vol. Moisture (BD=2)
98	0-5cm	0	5
98b	5-15cm	5.0	15.0

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
98	87	.	.	.	.	.	.		.	.	PartSize : not analysed

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

National Soil Archive Samples
Sample name	NSA Sample Id	Container type	Fraction type
98b	M22/0783	White lid small	coarse
98b	M22/0784	medium	fine

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