Site Information

Site number:
99
Authors:
IBC, GGC
Date recorded:
1964/12/24
Reason Sampled:
Salt characterisation
Description:
Approx 5km NE of Bastion Hill; a dolerite outcrop on a ridge with a salty soil
Altitude:
750 m
Aspect:
Nil
Slope:
0 °
Location Data
Observer IBC
GPS No
Latitude Longitude DMS 79° 48' S 158° 30' E
Latitude Longitude DD -79.800 158.50
Latitude longitude precision DD 0.008 0.08
Locality Victoria Land, Trans-antarctic Mountains; at the southern end of the Cook Mountains in the Brown Hills region of the Darwin Glacier
Survey USGS 1:250,000 1963; Carlyon Glacier ST 57-60/13*

Climate

Soil climate zone:
Coastal mountain
Estimated mean annual temperature:
-23 °C
Frozen ground depth:
0 cm
Frozen type:
Frozen comment:

Geology

Geological setting:
A sill of Ferrar Dolerite outcrops on a ridge overlooking Touchdown Glacier
Patterned ground:
Nil
Surface weathering or surface features:
Moderately oxidised and stained surface rocks with some salt patches

Soil

Soil parent material:
Fragmented dolerite
Previous disturbance:
Nil
Soil weathering stage:
6
Soil moisture status:
Xerous to subxerous
Biological activity:
Nil observed

Sample Data

Physical Data
Sample nameDepth descriptionTop (cm)Base (cm)Bulk DensityDry Bulk DensityGravimetric MoistureVol. Moisture (BD=2)
99
Particle size distribution
Sample name< 2 mm2 - 0.5 mm0.5 - 0.25 mm0.25 - 0.1 mm0.1 - 0.05 mm0.05 - 0.02 mm0.02 - 0.002 mm< 0.002 mmFe2O3CaCO3Notes
99 not relevant PartSize : not relevant
Clay Mineralogy
Sample nameMicaIHMHIV - IHMICHLVTHIVCHLSMCHL SMFE - CHLHTQTZFLDHBCALNotes
99 not relevant
National Soil Archive Samples
Sample nameNSA Sample IdContainer typeFraction type
99 M22/0785 White lid small Coarse
99 M22/6876 Glass vial metal lid

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