Rocks from the project “German Italian Geologic Antarctic Map Program" (GIGAMAP)

During the XVI Italian Antarctic expedition (2000/01), 284 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the GIGAMAP project in northern and southern Victoria Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic, volcanic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. The investigated regions are within Convoy Range ST 57-60/1, Freyberg Mountains SS 58-60/1, Mount Joyce SS 55-57/16, Mount Melbourne SS 58-60/9, Mount Murchison SS 58-60/5, Reeves Névé SS 55-57/12, Sequence Hills SS 55-57/8 and Welcome Mountain SS 55-57/4 USGS sheets.

Project: German Italian Geologic Antarctic Map Program.

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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
originator
  University of Torino - Rodolfo Carosi
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

GCMD - Science Keywords

  • SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

  • IGNEOUS ROCKS

  • METAMORPHIC ROCKS

NASA Thesaurus

  • glacial drift

  • moraines

  • rocks

Lithology

  • Igneous material

  • Pegmatite

  • Plutonic rock

  • Pyroclastics

  • Amphibolite

  • Arenite

  • Basalt

  • Basaltic rock

  • Breccia

  • Calc-silicate rock

  • Clastic sedimentary rock

  • Dolerite

  • Gabbro

  • Gabbroic rock

  • Gneiss

  • Granite

  • Granitic rock

  • Marble

  • Metacarbonatic rock

  • Metagabbro

  • Metamorphic rock

  • Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock

  • Mica schist

  • Migmatic rock

  • Migmatite

  • Orthogneiss

  • Phyllite

  • Pyroclastic rock

  • Pyroclastic breccia

  • Pyroxenite

  • Quartzite

  • Sandstone

  • Schist

  • Siltstone

  • Sediment

  • Sedimentary rock

  • Tonalite

  • Volcanic rock

  • Ultramafic rock

  • Limestone

  • Carbonate sedimentary rock

  • Marl

  • Marlstone

  • Claystone

GCMD - Instruments

  • Grabbers/Traps/Collectors

GCMD - Locations

  • ANTARCTICA

SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica

  • Tobin Mesa

  • Outback Nunataks

  • Brawn Rocks

  • Victoria Land

  • Carapace Nunatak

  • Caudal Hills

  • Deep Freeze Range

  • Brien Rocks

  • Astronaut Glacier

  • Mount Cavaney

  • Eskimo Point

  • Foolsmate Glacier

  • Sheehan Mesa

  • Mount Melbourne

  • Gerlache Inlet

  • Moore Ridge

  • Mackay Glacier

  • Mount Emison

  • Ogden Heights

  • Northern Foothills

  • Mount Levick

  • Retreat Hills

  • Mountaineer Range

  • Priestley Glacier

  • Prince Albert Mountains

  • O'Kane Canyon

  • Random Hills

  • Rennick Névé

  • Mount Joern

  • Mesa Range

  • Mount New Zealand

  • Szanto Spur

  • Sequence Hills

  • Southern Cross Mountains

  • Mount Adamson

  • Agate Peak

  • Black Glacier

  • Battleship Promontory

  • Lister Nunataks

  • Chisholm Hills

  • Intention Nunataks

  • Mount Wood

  • Alatna Valley

  • Eureka Spurs

  • Convoy Range

  • Mount Kring

  • Mount Hewson

  • Priestley Névé

  • Evans Névé

  • Niagara-Eisfälle

  • Mariner Glacier

  • Harrow Peaks

  • Saunders Bluff

  • Reeves Névé

  • Salamander Range

  • Campbell Glacier

  • Capsize Glacier

  • Freyberg Mountains

  • Outpost Nunataks

  • Mount Pedersen

  • The Pleiades

  • Mount Anakiwa

  • Martin Nunataks

  • David Glacier

  • Neall Massif

GCMD - Providers

  • IT/PNRA

  • IT/MNA

Research Organization

  • MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide
Use limitation
Creative-Commons CC-BY 4.0
Unique resource identifier
XVI Italian Antarctic expedition
Association Type
dependency
Initiative Type
Campaign
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Denominator
1
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
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Begin date
2000-12-04
End date
2001-01-05 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
Project: GIGAMAP ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

German Italian Geologic Antarctic Map Program

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
f4ed518f-32f8-4238-bd5f-4487cdeb0d59 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2024-10-07T09:52:21
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 METAMORPHIC ROCKS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Geology
Lithology
Amphibolite Arenite Basalt Basaltic rock Breccia Calc-silicate rock Carbonate sedimentary rock Clastic sedimentary rock Claystone Dolerite Gabbro Gabbroic rock Gneiss Granite Granitic rock Igneous material Limestone Marble Marl Marlstone Metacarbonatic rock Metagabbro Metamorphic rock Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock Mica schist Migmatic rock Migmatite Orthogneiss Pegmatite Phyllite Plutonic rock Pyroclastic breccia Pyroclastic rock Pyroclastics Pyroxenite Quartzite Sandstone Schist Sediment Sedimentary rock Siltstone Tonalite Ultramafic rock Volcanic rock
NASA Thesaurus
glacial drift moraines rocks
Research Organization
MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide
SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica
Agate Peak Alatna Valley Astronaut Glacier Battleship Promontory Black Glacier Brawn Rocks Brien Rocks Campbell Glacier Capsize Glacier Carapace Nunatak Caudal Hills Chisholm Hills Convoy Range David Glacier Deep Freeze Range Eskimo Point Eureka Spurs Evans Névé Foolsmate Glacier Freyberg Mountains Gerlache Inlet Harrow Peaks Intention Nunataks Lister Nunataks Mackay Glacier Mariner Glacier Martin Nunataks Mesa Range Moore Ridge Mount Adamson Mount Anakiwa Mount Cavaney Mount Emison Mount Hewson Mount Joern Mount Kring Mount Levick Mount Melbourne Mount New Zealand Mount Pedersen Mount Wood Mountaineer Range Neall Massif Niagara-Eisfälle Northern Foothills O'Kane Canyon Ogden Heights Outback Nunataks Outpost Nunataks Priestley Glacier Priestley Névé Prince Albert Mountains Random Hills Reeves Névé Rennick Névé Retreat Hills Salamander Range Saunders Bluff Sequence Hills Sheehan Mesa Southern Cross Mountains Szanto Spur The Pleiades Tobin Mesa Victoria Land

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