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Tephra from the project “Antarctic meteorites" (PNRA 2002/5.4)

During the XIX Italian Antarctic expedition (2003/04), one tephra layer has been sampled within the aim of the project "Antarctic meteorites" in northern Victoria Land. The investigated region is within Welcome Mountain SS 55-57/4 USGS sheet.

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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 Siena - Marcello Mellini
originator
  University of Pisa - Natale Perchiazzi
originator
  University of Pisa - Luigi Folco
originator
  University of Aix-Marseille - Pierre Rochette
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

GCMD - Science Keywords

  • IGNEOUS ROCKS

NASA Thesaurus

  • rocks

Lithology

  • Igneous material

  • Pyroclastics

  • Tephra

GCMD - Instruments

  • Grabbers/Traps/Collectors

GCMD - Locations

  • ANTARCTICA

SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica

  • Victoria Land

  • Outback Nunataks

  • Miller Butte

GCMD - Providers

  • IT/PNRA

  • IT/MNA

Research Organization

  • MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide

Use limitation
Creative-Commons CC-BY 4.0
Unique resource identifier
XIX 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
2003-12-20
End date
2003-12-20 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
Antarctic meteorites ( 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
40a714c9-f66b-4a1c-8861-9cf10917425a XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2024-10-10T13:39:48
Metadata standard name

ISO 19139

Metadata standard version

1.0

pointOfContact
  Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide - Rosaria Palmeri
 
 

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Spatial extent

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Keywords

GCMD - Instruments
Grabbers/Traps/Collectors
GCMD - Locations
ANTARCTICA
GCMD - Providers
IT/MNA IT/PNRA
GCMD - Science Keywords
IGNEOUS ROCKS
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Geology
Lithology
Igneous material Pyroclastics Tephra
NASA Thesaurus
rocks
Research Organization
MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide
SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica
Miller Butte Outback Nunataks Victoria Land

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