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Site Information

Site number:
198
Authors:
REC/FAM
Date recorded:
1971/12/31
Reason Sampled:
Soil biological/soil weathering
Description:
Mt Howe; head of Robert Scott Glacier; southern most outcrop in the world; a bouldery moraine surface below rock granite bluffs; in the middle of a moraine covered surface
Altitude:
2570 m
Aspect:
NE
Slope:
23 °
Location Data
Observer GGC IBC
GPS No
Latitude Longitude DMS 87° 20' 41" S 149° 30' W 87° 20' S 149° 41' W
Latitude Longitude DD -87.3447 -149.50 -87.33 -149.683
Latitude longitude precision DD 0.00015 0.08 0.08 0.008
Locality Scott Glacier region, southern Trans-antarctic Mountains
Survey US Geological Survey 1:250 000, 1968, D'angelo Bluff

Climate

Soil climate zone:
Inland Mountain
Site temperature profile
Depth (cm)Soil temp (°C)Notes
0 -17
2 -15
15 -12
Estimated mean annual temperature:
0 °C
Frozen ground depth:
13 cm
Frozen type:
Stagnant ice
Frozen comment:
13cm

Geology

Geological setting:
Local rocks are granitic; the till sheet appears relatively recent
Patterned ground:
Surface weathering or surface features:
A rough bouldery surface

Soil

Soil parent material:
Mixed granitic glacial debris
Previous disturbance:
Nil
Soil weathering stage:
1 (Campbell & Claridge 1975)
Soil moisture status:
Ultraxerous
Biological activity:
Profile Description
HorizonDepthDescription
198a -2 – 0 cm surface,
198b 0 – 13 cm light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) sandy gravel; loose, on glacial ice

Sample Data

Physical Data
Sample nameDepth descriptionTop (cm)Base (cm)Bulk DensityDry Bulk DensityGravimetric MoistureVol. Moisture (BD=2)
198a 2-0cm -2.0 0.0 No
198b 0-13cm 0.0 13.0 No
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
198a 2.01
198b 2.62
Clay Mineralogy
Sample nameMicaIHMHIV - IHMICHLVTHIVCHLSMCHL SMFE - CHLHTQTZFLDHBCALNotes
198a :
198b :

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