Rocks and fossils from the project “Meso-Cenozoic geodynamics and paleoenvironment of Victoria Land-Ross Sea"

During the XII Italian Antarctic expedition (1996/97), 294 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the project "Meso-Cenozoic geodynamics and paleoenvironment of Victoria Land-Ross Sea" 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, Franklin Island ST 57-60/2*, Freyberg Mountains SS 58-60/1, 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 Roma Tre - Francesco Salvini
originator
  CNR-IGG - Maria Laura Balestrieri
originator
  CNR-IGG - Anna Maria Fioretti
originator
  University of Roma Tre - Federico Rossetti
originator
  University of Parma - Fabrizio Storti
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

  • Amphibolite

  • Andesite

  • Andesitic rock

  • Aplite

  • Cataclasite

  • Conglomerate

  • Clastic sedimentary rock

  • Dacite

  • Dacitic rock

  • Diorite

  • Dioritic rock

  • Fault rock

  • Gabbro

  • Gabbroic rock

  • Gneiss

  • Granodiorite

  • Metamorphic rock

  • Granitic rock

  • Granite

  • Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock

  • Plutonic rock

  • Porphyroid

  • Pyroclastic breccia

  • Pyroclastic rock

  • Tuff

  • Pyroclastics

  • Migmatic rock

  • Volcanic rock

  • Migmatite

  • Mylonite

  • Orthogneiss

  • Pegmatite

  • Quartz diorite

  • Quartz monzodiorite

  • Quartz syenite

  • Rhyolite

  • Sedimentary rock

  • Sandstone

  • Rhyolithic rock

  • Syenite

  • Syenitic rock

  • Tonalite

GCMD - Instruments

  • Grabbers/Traps/Collectors

GCMD - Locations

  • ANTARCTICA

SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica

  • Victoria Land

  • Backstairs Passage Glacier

  • Inexpressible Island

  • Cape Irizar

  • Collins Peak

  • Black Ridge

  • Archambault Ridge

  • Charcot Cove

  • Cape Philippi

  • Kohler Head

  • Hansen Nunatak

  • Cape King

  • Emerging Island

  • Mount Bowen

  • Mount Anakiwa

  • Mount Apolotok

  • Lawrence Peaks

  • Cape Reynolds

  • Eisenhower Range

  • Mount Fearon

  • Deep Freeze Range

  • D'Urville Wall

  • Cuneiform Cliffs

  • Mount Larsen

  • Mount Holdsworth

  • Mount Hussey

  • Mount Freeman

  • Mount Gaberlein

  • Mount Montreuil

  • Gerlache Inlet

  • Freyberg Mountains

  • Gallipoli Heights

  • Fleming Head

  • Mount Staley

  • Hercules Névé

  • Mount Priestley

  • Mount Riddolls

  • Kirkwood Range

  • Nordenskjöld Ice Tongue

  • Mount Stephen

  • Hughes Bluff

  • Mount Tukotok

  • Rudolph Glacier

  • Lewandowski Point

  • Malta Plateau

  • Inferno Peak

  • Tethys Bay

  • Mario Zucchelli Station

  • Tarn Flat

  • Teall Nunatak

  • Mariner Glacier

  • Mount Creak

  • Mawson Glacier

  • McDaniel Nunatak

  • Tripp Bay

  • Marinerplateau

  • Mount Crummer

  • Mount Endeavour

  • Mount George Murray

  • Mount Chetwynd

  • Mount Burrill

  • Mount Smith

  • Mount Supernal

  • Mount Gerlache

  • Mount Monteagle

  • Mount Murray

  • Salamander Range

  • Northern Foothills

  • Mountaineer Range

  • Prince Albert Mountains

  • Mount Neumayer

  • Starr Nunatak

  • Prior Island

  • Reeves Névé

  • Timber Peak

  • Sawyer Nunatak

  • Simpson Crags

  • Tripp Island

  • Varney Nunatak

  • Victory Mountains

  • Vegetation Island

  • Walker Rocks

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
XII 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
1996-12-09
End date
1997-01-15 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
41834bb7-f115-4533-91eb-748fd98ce5fc XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2024-10-02T15:36:31
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 Aplite Basalt Basaltic rock Cataclasite Clastic sedimentary rock Conglomerate Dacite Dacitic rock Diorite Dioritic rock Dolerite Fault rock Gabbro Gabbroic rock Gneiss Granite Granitic rock Granodiorite Igneous material Metamorphic rock Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock Migmatic rock Migmatite Mylonite Orthogneiss Pegmatite Plutonic rock Porphyroid Pyroclastic breccia Pyroclastic rock Pyroclastics Quartz diorite Quartz monzodiorite Quartz syenite Rhyolite Rhyolithic rock Sandstone Sedimentary rock Syenite Syenitic rock Tonalite Tuff Volcanic rock
NASA Thesaurus
fossils rocks
Research Organization
MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide
SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica
Archambault Ridge Backstairs Passage Glacier Black Ridge Cape Irizar Cape King Cape Philippi Cape Reynolds Charcot Cove Collins Peak Cuneiform Cliffs D'Urville Wall Deep Freeze Range Eisenhower Range Emerging Island Fleming Head Freyberg Mountains Gallipoli Heights Gerlache Inlet Hansen Nunatak Hercules Névé Hughes Bluff Inexpressible Island Inferno Peak Kirkwood Range Kohler Head Lawrence Peaks Lewandowski Point Malta Plateau Mariner Glacier Marinerplateau Mario Zucchelli Station Mawson Glacier McDaniel Nunatak Mount Anakiwa Mount Apolotok Mount Bowen Mount Burrill Mount Chetwynd Mount Creak Mount Crummer Mount Endeavour Mount Fearon Mount Freeman Mount Gaberlein Mount George Murray Mount Gerlache Mount Holdsworth Mount Hussey Mount Larsen Mount Monteagle Mount Montreuil Mount Murray Mount Neumayer Mount Priestley Mount Riddolls Mount Smith Mount Staley Mount Stephen Mount Supernal Mount Tukotok Mountaineer Range Nordenskjöld Ice Tongue Northern Foothills Prince Albert Mountains Prior Island Reeves Névé Rudolph Glacier Salamander Range Sawyer Nunatak Simpson Crags Starr Nunatak Tarn Flat Teall Nunatak Tethys Bay Timber Peak Tripp Bay Tripp Island Varney Nunatak Vegetation Island Victoria Land Victory Mountains Walker Rocks

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