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Profile descriptions, mapping and analysis of soils in the Wright Valley, Antarctica and assessment of soil disturbance by foot traffic

Entry ID: K123_2004_2005_NZ_1

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Summary

Abstract: Soil profile descriptions from the Lower Wright Valley, West Wright Valley (including north and south forks), Labyrinth and Dais was carried out over three field seasons (2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07) to relate soil development to age of surficial material. The data includes colour, texture, salt stage, weathering stage, depth of coherence, depth of oxidation, depth of visible salts, depth of rock ghosts, parent material and landform following USDA Soil Taxonomy classification. All profiles sampled for chemical (pH, EC, 1:5 extract for Ca, Mg, Na, K, Cl, NO3, SO4) and particle-size analyses. Soil disturbance by foot traffic was assessed by scoring disturbance of boot prints. Soil maps are deposited on the online Ross Sea Region GIS.

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Description: On-line Ross Sea Region GIS

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -77.5

S: -77.6

E: 163.0

W: 160.5

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2004-12-03

Stop Date: 2005-01-21

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > WRIGHT VALLEY

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > WEATHERING

LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL CLASSIFICATION

ISO Topic Category

ELEVATION

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

FIELD SURVEYS

Instrument

SOIL SAMPLER

Access Constraints Some data collected for the requirements of an Master's degree of Science. This data is contained within the thesis.
All other data on the Ross Sea Region online GIS mapping website.

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

NASA/WFF/OSB

Data Center

NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: FTP

Distribution Size: 453 MB

Distribution Format: ASCII text

Personnel

DON BLANKENSHIP

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: (512) 471-0489

Fax: (512) 471-8844

Email: blank at ig.utexas.edu

Contact Address:

J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Bldg. 196 | 10100 Burnet Rd.

City: Austin

Province or State: TX

Postal Code: 78758

Country: USA

Publications/References

Refer to the NASA Earth Science Project Office Operation IceBridge Home Page for in-depth information on the science mission and goal of the IceBridge project: http://www.espo.nasa.gov/oib/

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2011-05-13

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-05-13

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