Bull Pass, Anarctica
PEDON DESCRIPTION
Print Date: 07/09/2003 / Country:Description Date: 01/12/1999 / State: Foreign (not used)
Describer: John M. Kimble / County:
Site ID: 99FN143003 / MLRA:
Site Note: / Soil Survey Area:
Pedon ID: 99FN143003 / Map Unit:
Pedon Note: material from 12 cm down is massive and firm in place but digs very easily and breaks out in to flour like material. Classification: Fine-Silty, Mixed, Subactive Hygergillic Typic Anhyorthel. No vegetation. / Quad Name:
Lab Source ID: SSL / Location Description:
Lab Pedon #: 99P0327 / Legal Description:
Soil Name as Described/Sampled: ANT003 / Latitude: 77 degrees 31 minutes 6 seconds south
Soil Name as Correlated: / Longitude: 161 degrees 51 minutes 57 seconds east
Classification: / Datum:
Pedon Type: modal pedon for map unit / UTM Zone:
Pedon Purpose: full pedon description / UTM Easting:
Taxon Kind: family / UTM Northing:
Associated Soils:
Physiographic Division: / Primary Earth Cover: Barren land
Physiographic Province: / Secondary Earth Cover:
Physiographic Section: / Existing Vegetation:
State Physiographic Area: / Parent Material:
Local Physiographic Area: / Bedrock Kind: granite
Geomorphic Setting: on footslope of side slope of outwash terrace / Bedrock Depth:
Upslope Shape: concave / Bedrock Hardness: H cemented
Cross Slope Shape: concave / Bedrock Fracture Interval: 10 to less than 45 centimeters
Particle Size Control Section: / Surface Fragments:
Diagnostic Features: / ? to ? cm.
Slope (%) / Elevation (meters) / Aspect (deg) / MAAT (C) / MSAT (C) / MWAT (C) / MAP (mm) / Frost-Free Days / Drainage Class / Slope Length (meters) / Upslope Length (meters)
3.0 / 180 / 330 / well / 152 / 30.5
C1--0 to 3 centimeters; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) very gravelly sand, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; single grain; loose, loose, noncemented, nonsticky, nonplastic; slight effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01658
C2--3 to 12 centimeters; brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam, brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very friable, slightly hard, noncemented, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; slight effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 99P01659
C3--12 to 18 centimeters; brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam, light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; massive, and single grain; loose, slightly hard, noncemented, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; slight effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01660
C4--18 to 28 centimeters; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam, light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; massive, and single grain; loose, slightly hard, noncemented, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; slight effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01661
C5--28 to 38 centimeters; brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam, very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; massive, and single grain; loose, slightly hard, noncemented, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; slight effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01662
C6--38 to 51 centimeters; brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; massive, and single grain; loose, slightly hard, noncemented, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; slight effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01663
C7--51 to 78 centimeters; brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; massive, and single grain; loose, slightly hard, noncemented, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; slight effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01664
C8--78 to 109 centimeters; brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly silt loam, very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; massive; loose, slightly hard, noncemented, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; slight effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01665
C9--109 to 130 centimeters; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) gravelly silt loam, light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; massive, and single grain; loose, slightly hard, noncemented, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; strong effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal