Browse Data | 1969 - Scott Glacier

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Site Information

Site number:: 200

Authors:: REC/FAM

Date recorded:: 1971/01/05

Reason Sampled:: Soil biological/soil weathering

Description:: Mt Howe; head of Robert Scott Glacier; southern most outcrop in the world; a slope on bluffs overlooking the moraine till plain

Altitude:: 2725 m

Aspect:: SW

Slope:: 10 °

Location Data
Observer	IBC	GGC
GPS	No
Latitude Longitude DMS	87° 20' S 149° 13' W	87° 20' 13" S 149° 30' W
Latitude Longitude DD	-87.33 -149.217	-87.3369 -149.50
Latitude longitude precision DD	0.08 0.008	0.00015 0.08
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	-10	shade
2	-8
15	-10.5

Estimated mean annual temperature:: -40 °C

Frozen ground depth:: 15 cm

Frozen type:

Frozen comment:: 15cm

Geology

Geological setting:: Local rocks are granitic; talus and scree occurs on slopes

Patterned ground:

Surface weathering or surface features:: Rough cobbly surface forming a desert pavement

Soil

Soil parent material:: Mixed slope detritus; some basalt shale and coal present

Previous disturbance:: Nil

Soil weathering stage:: 1 (Campbell & Claridge 1975)

Soil moisture status:: Ultraxerous; dry

Biological activity:

Profile Description
Horizon	Depth	Description
200a	0 – 2 cm	olive sandy gravel; loose,
200b	0 – 15 cm	olive sandy gravel; loose

Sample Data

Physical Data
Sample name	Depth description	Top (cm)	Base (cm)	Bulk Density	Dry Bulk Density	Gravimetric Moisture	Vol. Moisture (BD=2)
200a	0-2cm	0.0	2.0			No
200b	2-15cm	2.0	15.0			No
200c

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
200a	3.31
200b	4.02
200c

Clay Mineralogy
Sample name	Mica	IHM	HIV - IHM	ICHL	VT	HIV	CHL	SM	CHL SM	FE - CHL	HT	QTZ	FLD	HB	CAL	Notes
200a																:
200b																:
200c																:

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