Site Information

Site number:
179
Authors:
O WILKES
Date recorded:
1965/12/01
Reason Sampled:
Description:
Altitude:
Aspect:
Slope:
Location Data
Observer IBC GGC
GPS
Latitude Longitude DMS 82° 32' S 56° 22' W 82° 32' S 56° 22' W
Latitude Longitude DD -82.533 -56.367 -82.533 -56.367
Latitude longitude precision DD 0.008 0.008 0.008 0.008
Locality
Survey

Climate

Soil climate zone:
Estimated mean annual temperature:
Frozen ground depth:
null cm
Frozen type:
Frozen comment:

Geology

Geological setting:
Patterned ground:
Surface weathering or surface features:

Soil

Soil parent material:
Previous disturbance:
Soil weathering stage:
6
Soil moisture status:
Biological activity:

Sample Data

Physical Data
Sample nameDepth descriptionTop (cm)Base (cm)Bulk DensityDry Bulk DensityGravimetric MoistureVol. Moisture (BD=2)
179a 0-2cm 0 2 No
179b 6-8cm 6 8 No
179c 10-12cm 10 12 No
Sample solution chemistry
Sample namepHNa meq/100gCa meq/100gMg meq/100gK meq/100gCl meq/100gSO4 meq/100gNO3 meq/100gEC mmho/cmSoluble SaltNotes
179a 5.8 22.5 4.6 3.6 0.1 3.1 24.0 5.3 8.0 .  
179b 6.9 11.2 1.5 3.6 0.1 3.8 7.1 5.8 4.2 .  
179c 7.2 6.2 2.0 2.6 0.1 3.4 2.9 4.8 3.1 .  
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
179a 5.0 6.7 24.7 15.2 19.1 18.6 10.1 0.6 .
179b 8.5 9.3 23.4 10.8 14.4 16.7 16.3 0.42 .
179c 14.2 9.9 23.2 5.9 15.3 19.4 11.5 0.61 .
Clay Mineralogy
Sample nameMicaIHMHIV - IHMICHLVTHIVCHLSMCHL SMFE - CHLHTQTZFLDHBCALNotes
179a 60.0 . . . . . 10.0 . . 30.0 . . . . :
179b 65.0 . . . . . 10.0 . . 25.0 . . . . :
179c 40.0 . . . . . 40.0 . . 30.0 . . . . :
National Soil Archive Samples
Sample nameNSA Sample IdContainer typeFraction type
179a M22/1166 medium coarse
179a M22/1167 medium fine
179b M22/1168 medium coarse
179b M22/1169 medium fine
179c M22/1170 medium coarse
179c M22/1171 medium fine

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