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CALM SITE A3 |
NAME |
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Site code |
A3 |
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Site name |
Marble Point |
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CAPS I
Metadata form |
_________ |
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CAPS II
Metadata form |
_________ |
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Site
Photograph (link) |
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Responsible
for data submission |
Tanya O'Neill |
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Email Address |
tanya.o'neill@waikato.ac.nz |
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Institution/Organization |
University of
Waikato |
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Location
description |
Marble Point,
Antarctica_______ |
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Location Lat. |
77825.176' S |
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Location Lon. |
163840.950' E |
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Elevation
avg. (m) |
50
m______________ |
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Methods Grid |
__________________ |
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Methods Other |
__________________ |
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Landscape
Description |
Fluvial
terrace_______ |
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Vegetation
/Classification |
None______________ |
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Soils (or
Material) |
Granite
dominated till_ |
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Thaw depth
measurements (year started)
|
1999______________ |
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Air temp.
measurements (year started) |
1999______________ |
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Snow cover
measurements (year started) |
N/A_______________ |
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soil temp. measurements (year started) |
1999______________ |
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soil moisture
measurements (year started) |
1999______________ |
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general
description of soil moisture (dry, moist, wet, saturated) |
dry________________ |
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soil texture:
if non organic describe texture, if organic indicate thickness of organic
layer (cm) |
Gravelly
coarse sand to loamy coarse sand |
SITE
DESCRIPTION
Marble Point is a coastal station by the Ross Sea and is located on the nose slope of a fluvial terrace composed of weakly weathered glacial till dominated by gneiss and granite (on weakly patterned ground). It is about 400 m east of the Wilson-Piedmont Glacier.
SOIL
DESCRIPTION:
(predominant texture, i.e., ‘sand’, ‘gravel’,
‘peat’, etc.): Dystri Turbi-Histic
(Gleyic), Gleyi-Turbic Cryosols (loamy)
Sandy-skeletal, mixed, hypergelic Typic Haplorthels
SAMPLING
DESIGN AND METHOD:
This station monitors soil
temperature to a depth of 120 cm, soil water content (2, 20, 50, and 80 cm
depths), air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, and wind (speed
and direction). Measurements are made at 20-minute intervals and averaged and
recorded every hour.
REFERENCES:
Below are links to data,
pictures etc.
Site Photos