Rocks and fossils from the project “Geological, geomorphological and geophysical mapping of Victoria Land"

During the XI Italian Antarctic expedition (1995/96), 435 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the project "Geological, geomorphological and geophysical mapping of Victoria Land" in northern and southern Victoria Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic, volcanic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks and fossil woods. The investigated regions are within Cape Hallett SS 58-60/2, Convoy Range ST 57-60/1, Coulman Island SS 58-60/6, Mount Joyce SS 55-57/16, Mount Melbourne SS 58-60/9, Mount Murchison SS 58-60/5, Reeves Névé 55-57/12, Relief Inlet SS 58-60/13 and Sequence Hills SS 55-57/8 USGS sheets.

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Date (Creation)
2021-10-01
Purpose

The collection is sorted towards Italian and foreign researchers for geoscience studies.
Status
On going
pointOfContact
  Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide - Rosaria Palmeri
principalInvestigator
  University of Pisa - Piero Pertusati
originator
  University of Siena - Marco Meccheri
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

GCMD - Science Keywords

  • IGNEOUS ROCKS

  • METAMORPHIC ROCKS

  • SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

  • MACROFOSSILS

NASA Thesaurus

  • rocks

  • fossils

Lithology

  • Basalt

  • Basaltic rock

  • Dolerite

  • Igneous material

  • Porphyroid

  • Pyroclastic breccia

  • Plutonic rock

  • Pyroclastics

  • Volcanic rock

  • Amphibolite

  • Pyroclastic rock

  • Trachyte

  • Trachytic rock

  • Andesite

  • Arenite

  • Andesitic rock

  • Clastic sedimentary rock

  • Calc-schist

  • Calc-silicate rock

  • Conglomerate

  • Gabbro

  • Dioritic rock

  • Diorite

  • Fault rock

  • Gabbroic rock

  • Granite

  • Granitic rock

  • Marble

  • Gneiss

  • Mica schist

  • Metagabbro

  • Metamorphic rock

  • Metacarbonatic rock

  • Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock

  • Metagranite

  • Orthogneiss

  • Mylonite

  • Pyroxenite

  • Phyllite

  • Quartz diorite

  • Quartz arenite

  • Quartzite

  • Sandstone

  • Schist

  • Syenite

  • Syenitic rock

  • Siltstone

  • Sedimentary rock

  • Tonalite

  • Ultramafic rock

  • Breccia

  • Tectonic breccia

GCMD - Instruments

  • Grabbers/Traps/Collectors

GCMD - Locations

  • ANTARCTICA

SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica

  • Victoria Land

  • Ambalada Peak

  • Brimstone Peak

  • David Glacier

  • Exposure Hill

  • Meander Glacier

  • D'Urville Wall

  • Hollingsworth Glacier

  • Lowry Bluff

  • Arrowhead Range

  • Hercules Névé

  • Mount Burrows

  • Kirkwood Range

  • Foolsmate Glacier

  • McLea Nunatak

  • Malta Plateau

  • Mawson Glacier

  • Mount Meister

  • Griffin Nunatak

  • Mesa Range

  • Mount Levick

  • Mount Alberts

  • Mount Smith

  • Mount Supernal

  • Mount Hewson

  • Priestley Glacier

  • Deep Freeze Range

  • Mount New Zealand

  • Mount Prior

  • O'Kane Canyon

  • Ricker Hills

  • Reed Nunataks

  • Southern Cross Mountains

  • Mountaineer Range

  • Outpost Nunataks

  • Sheppard Rocks

  • Spatulate Ridge

  • Szanto Spur

  • Prince Albert Mountains

  • Random Hills

  • Victory Mountains

  • Thomas Rock

  • Timber Peak

  • Whitcomb Ridge

  • Simpson Crags

  • Shafer Peak

  • Stewart Heights

  • Wylde Glacier

  • Vulcan Hills

  • Walker Rocks

  • Fitzgerald Glacier

  • Beta Peak

  • Ford Peak

  • Argo Glacier

  • Morris Basin

  • Mount Mackintosh

  • Eskimo Point

  • Eisenhower Range

  • Mount McGee

  • Burns Glacier

  • Reeves Névé

  • Mount Murray

  • Mount Carson

  • The Boil

  • Richards Nunatak

  • Sequence Hills

  • Rennick Névé

  • Mount Jiracek

  • Thern Promontory

GCMD - Providers

  • IT/PNRA

  • IT/MNA

Research Organization

  • MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide
Keywords

  • metavolcanic rock
Use limitation
Creative-Commons CC-BY 4.0
Unique resource identifier
XI Italian Antarctic expedition
Association Type
dependency
Initiative Type
Campaign
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Denominator
1
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
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Begin date
1995-12-06
End date
1996-01-14 Now
Unique resource identifier
WGS84
Distribution format
  • XLS ( 1 )

  • KLM ( 1 )

OnLine resource
GeoData ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Database for the rock samples taken during the PNRA expeditions since the 1985 and preserved at the repository of the Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide.

OnLine resource
Geological, geomorphological and geophysical mapping of Victoria Land. ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Domain consistency

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

This data set is conformant with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Pass
Yes
Statement

Samples are stored in cardboard boxes inside metal cabinets in the MNA repository. Samples were weighed, photographed and magnetic susceptibility was measured. Slices were cut to make thin sections.
File identifier
d21ed6cc-9d79-4382-8f23-ce6422a5a5f8 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2024-10-02T12:56:40
Metadata standard name

ISO 19139
Metadata standard version

1.0
pointOfContact
  Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide - Rosaria Palmeri
 
 

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Keywords

GCMD - Instruments
Grabbers/Traps/Collectors
GCMD - Locations
ANTARCTICA
GCMD - Providers
IT/MNA IT/PNRA
GCMD - Science Keywords
IGNEOUS ROCKS MACROFOSSILS METAMORPHIC ROCKS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Geology
Lithology
Amphibolite Andesite Andesitic rock Arenite Basalt Basaltic rock Breccia Calc-schist Calc-silicate rock Clastic sedimentary rock Conglomerate Diorite Dioritic rock Dolerite Fault rock Gabbro Gabbroic rock Gneiss Granite Granitic rock Igneous material Marble Metacarbonatic rock Metagabbro Metagranite Metamorphic rock Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock Mica schist Mylonite Orthogneiss Phyllite Plutonic rock Porphyroid Pyroclastic breccia Pyroclastic rock Pyroclastics Pyroxenite Quartz arenite Quartz diorite Quartzite Sandstone Schist Sedimentary rock Siltstone Syenite Syenitic rock Tectonic breccia Tonalite Trachyte Trachytic rock Ultramafic rock Volcanic rock
NASA Thesaurus
fossils rocks
Research Organization
MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide
SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica
Ambalada Peak Argo Glacier Arrowhead Range Beta Peak Brimstone Peak Burns Glacier D'Urville Wall David Glacier Deep Freeze Range Eisenhower Range Eskimo Point Exposure Hill Fitzgerald Glacier Foolsmate Glacier Ford Peak Griffin Nunatak Hercules Névé Hollingsworth Glacier Kirkwood Range Lowry Bluff Malta Plateau Mawson Glacier McLea Nunatak Meander Glacier Mesa Range Morris Basin Mount Alberts Mount Burrows Mount Carson Mount Hewson Mount Jiracek Mount Levick Mount Mackintosh Mount McGee Mount Meister Mount Murray Mount New Zealand Mount Prior Mount Smith Mount Supernal Mountaineer Range O'Kane Canyon Outpost Nunataks Priestley Glacier Prince Albert Mountains Random Hills Reed Nunataks Reeves Névé Rennick Névé Richards Nunatak Ricker Hills Sequence Hills Shafer Peak Sheppard Rocks Simpson Crags Southern Cross Mountains Spatulate Ridge Stewart Heights Szanto Spur The Boil Thern Promontory Thomas Rock Timber Peak Victoria Land Victory Mountains Vulcan Hills Walker Rocks Whitcomb Ridge Wylde Glacier

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