Bull Pass, Anarctica

### PEDON DESCRIPTION

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  **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 **Quad Name:**
  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.  

  **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   **Bedrock
  outwash terrace                                         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:**
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  **Diagnostic Features:**                         ? to ? cm.

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  Slope   Elevation   Aspect   MAAT   MSAT   MWAT   MAP    Frost-Free   Drainage   Slope      Upslope
  (%)     (meters)    (deg)    (C)    (C)    (C)    (mm)   Days         Class      Length     Length
                                                                                   (meters)   (meters)

  3.0                 180                           330                 well       152        30.5
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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