Rocks from the project “Geological continental markers of Cenozoic climate changes in Victoria Land, Antarctica" (PNRA 2009/A2.16)

During the XXVI and XXVII Italian Antarctic expeditions (2010/11, 2011/12), 668 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the project "Geological continental markers of Cenozoic climate changes in Victoria Land, Antarctica" in northern Victoria Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic, volcanic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. The investigated regions are within Cape Hallett SS 58-60/2, Coulman Island SS 58-60/6, Mount Joyce SS 55-57/16, Mount Melbourne SS 58-60/9, Mount Murchison SS 58-60/5 and Relief Inlet SS 58-60/13 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 - Sergio Rocchi
originator
  University of Parma - Fabrizio Balsamo
originator
  University of Bologna - Gianluca Vignaroli
originator
  University of Roma Sapienza - Luigi Dallai
originator
  University of Manchester - Raymond Burgess
originator
  University of Leicester - John Smellie
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

GCMD - Science Keywords

  • IGNEOUS ROCKS

  • METAMORPHIC ROCKS

  • SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

  • SEDIMENTS

NASA Thesaurus

  • sediments

  • rocks

Lithology

  • Igneous material

  • Pyroclastics

  • Tephra

  • Alkali feldspar syenite

  • Amphibolite

  • Basalt

  • Basaltic rock

  • Cataclasite

  • Clastic sediment

  • Clastic sedimentary rock

  • Contact-metamorphic rock

  • Diorite

  • Dioritic rock

  • Dolerite

  • Fault rock

  • Gabbro

  • Gabbroic rock

  • Gneiss

  • Granite

  • Granitic rock

  • Granodiorite

  • Granulite

  • Hornfels

  • Lapilli tuff

  • Lapillistone

  • Metagranite

  • Metamorphic rock

  • Mica schist

  • Migmatic rock

  • Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock

  • Migmatite

  • Monzodiorite

  • Monzogabbro

  • Monzonite

  • Mylonite

  • Pegmatite

  • Peridotite

  • Pyroxenite

  • Plutonic rock

  • Porphyroid

  • Quartz diorite

  • Pyroclastic rock

  • Pseudotachylite

  • Sand

  • Sandstone

  • Syenite

  • Schist

  • Sediment

  • Sedimentary rock

  • Syenitic rock

  • Trachyte

  • Tuff

  • Trachytic rock

  • Tuff breccia

  • Ultramafic rock

  • Volcanic rock

GCMD - Instruments

  • Grabbers/Traps/Collectors

GCMD - Locations

  • ANTARCTICA

SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica

  • Victoria Land

  • Boyer Glacier

  • Andrus Point

  • Cosmonette Glacier

  • Cosmonaut Glacier

  • Corner Glacier

  • Clausnitzer Glacier

  • Cape Sibbald

  • Edmonson Point

  • Finley Glacier

  • Engberg Bluff

  • Daughtery Peaks

  • Daley Hills

  • Harper Glacier

  • Hayes Head

  • Icebreaker Glacier

  • Kay Island

  • Deception Plateau

  • Mericle Rock

  • Miller Nunatak

  • Mount Brabec

  • Mount Casey

  • Forgotten Hills

  • Mount George Murray

  • Mount Gibbs

  • Mount Mankinen

  • Mount Matz

  • McDaniel Nunatak

  • Mount Noice

  • Mount Stephen

  • Nathan Hills

  • Apostrophe Island

  • Mount Fearon

  • Parker Glacier

  • Pilot Glacier

  • Arrowhead Range

  • Aviator Glacier

  • Mount Moriarty

  • Bier Point

  • Black Ridge

  • Burns Glacier

  • Cape King

  • Archambault Ridge

  • Cape Reynolds

  • Cape Washington

  • Deep Freeze Range

  • Eskimo Point

  • Rainey Glacier

  • Gerlache Inlet

  • Greene Point

  • Harrow Peaks

  • Howard Peaks

  • Illusion Hills

  • Mount Larsen

  • Lichen Hills

  • Mariner Glacier

  • Markham Island

  • Mesa Range

  • Mount Monteagle

  • Mills Peak

  • Mount Browning

  • Mount Dickason

  • Mount Emison

  • Mountaineer Range

  • Mount Levick

  • Mount McGee

  • Mount Meister

  • Mount Melbourne

  • Oscar Point

  • Mount Overlord

  • Mount Pollock

  • Mount Prior

  • Mount Queensland

  • Random Hills

  • Nash Ridge

  • Navigator Nunatak

  • Northern Foothills

  • Oakley Glacier

  • Browning Pass

  • Pinckard Table

  • Parasite Cone

  • Prince Albert Mountains

  • Campbell Glacier

GCMD - Providers

  • IT/PNRA

  • IT/MNA

Research Organization

  • MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide
Use limitation
Creative-Commons CC-BY 4.0
Unique resource identifier
XXVI and XXVII Italian Antarctic expeditions
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
2010-12-11
End date
2012-01-14 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.

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
1dcc3381-f78d-48f9-b330-ae203c659fe5 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2024-10-14T11:26:02
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 SEDIMENTS
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Geology
Lithology
Alkali feldspar syenite Amphibolite Basalt Basaltic rock Cataclasite Clastic sediment Clastic sedimentary rock Contact-metamorphic rock Diorite Dioritic rock Dolerite Fault rock Gabbro Gabbroic rock Gneiss Granite Granitic rock Granodiorite Granulite Hornfels Igneous material Lapilli tuff Lapillistone Metagranite Metamorphic rock Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock Mica schist Migmatic rock Migmatite Monzodiorite Monzogabbro Monzonite Mylonite Pegmatite Peridotite Plutonic rock Porphyroid Pseudotachylite Pyroclastic rock Pyroclastics Pyroxenite Quartz diorite Sand Sandstone Schist Sediment Sedimentary rock Syenite Syenitic rock Tephra Trachyte Trachytic rock Tuff Tuff breccia Ultramafic rock Volcanic rock
NASA Thesaurus
rocks sediments
Research Organization
MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide
SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica
Andrus Point Apostrophe Island Archambault Ridge Arrowhead Range Aviator Glacier Bier Point Black Ridge Boyer Glacier Browning Pass Burns Glacier Campbell Glacier Cape King Cape Reynolds Cape Sibbald Cape Washington Clausnitzer Glacier Corner Glacier Cosmonaut Glacier Cosmonette Glacier Daley Hills Daughtery Peaks Deception Plateau Deep Freeze Range Edmonson Point Engberg Bluff Eskimo Point Finley Glacier Forgotten Hills Gerlache Inlet Greene Point Harper Glacier Harrow Peaks Hayes Head Howard Peaks Icebreaker Glacier Illusion Hills Kay Island Lichen Hills Mariner Glacier Markham Island McDaniel Nunatak Mericle Rock Mesa Range Miller Nunatak Mills Peak Mount Brabec Mount Browning Mount Casey Mount Dickason Mount Emison Mount Fearon Mount George Murray Mount Gibbs Mount Larsen Mount Levick Mount Mankinen Mount Matz Mount McGee Mount Meister Mount Melbourne Mount Monteagle Mount Moriarty Mount Noice Mount Overlord Mount Pollock Mount Prior Mount Queensland Mount Stephen Mountaineer Range Nash Ridge Nathan Hills Navigator Nunatak Northern Foothills Oakley Glacier Oscar Point Parasite Cone Parker Glacier Pilot Glacier Pinckard Table Prince Albert Mountains Rainey Glacier Random Hills Victoria Land

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