Rocks from the project “Geological, geomorphological and geophysical mapping"

During the XIV Italian Antarctic expedition (1998/99), 323 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the project "Geological, geomorphological and geophysical mapping" 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, Freyberg Mountains SS 58-60/1, Mount Joyce SS 55-57/16, Mount Melbourne SS 58-60/9, Reeves Névé SS 55-57/12, Relief Inlet SS 58-60/13, Ross Island ST 57-60/6*, Sequence Hills SS 55-57/8 and Welcome Mountain SS 55-57/4 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 Pisa - Giovanni Musumeci
originator
  University of Siena - Franco Talarico
originator
  University of Siena - Sonia Sandroni
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

GCMD - Science Keywords

  • METAMORPHIC ROCKS

  • IGNEOUS ROCKS

  • SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

NASA Thesaurus

  • rocks

Lithology

  • Igneous material

  • Aplite

  • Calc-silicate rock

  • Granite

  • Granodiorite

  • Granitic rock

  • Litharenite

  • Marble

  • Migmatic rock

  • Metacarbonatic rock

  • Migmatite

  • Metamorphic rock

  • Amphibolite

  • Clastic sedimentary rock

  • Phonolite

  • Andesite

  • Arenite

  • Arkose

  • Breccia

  • Andesitic rock

  • Fault rock

  • Diorite

  • Dioritic rock

  • Gabbro

  • Gabbroic rock

  • Gneiss

  • Granulite

  • Latite

  • Metabasalt

  • Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock

  • Metavolcaniclastic rock

  • Mylonite

  • Mica schist

  • Orthogneiss

  • Phonolitic rock

  • Phyllite

  • Plutonic rock

  • Quartz arenite

  • Volcanic rock

  • Conglomerate

  • Diamictite

  • Quartz diorite

  • Quartzite

  • Rhyolite

  • Rhyolithic rock

  • Sedimentary rock

  • Sandstone

  • Schist

  • Siltstone

  • Tonalite

  • Trachytic rock

  • Ultramafic rock

GCMD - Instruments

  • Grabbers/Traps/Collectors

GCMD - Locations

  • ANTARCTICA

SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica

  • Cape Evans

  • Astronaut Glacier

  • Barren Bluff

  • Victoria Land

  • Brawn Rocks

  • Brien Rocks

  • Black Ridge

  • Bier Point

  • Corner Glacier

  • Lamplugh Island

  • McCarthy Ridge

  • Eisenhower Range

  • Moore Ridge

  • Millen Range

  • Foolsmate Glacier

  • Morris Basin

  • Dessent Ridge

  • McDaniel Nunatak

  • Outback Nunataks

  • Gerlache Inlet

  • Deep Freeze Range

  • Hughes Bluff

  • Cape Irizar

  • Mount Aorangi

  • Mount Bower

  • Mount Gobey

  • Mario Zucchelli Station

  • Mount Cavaney

  • Mount Borgstrom

  • Mount Browning

  • Mount Baxter

  • Mount Spatz

  • Caudal Hills

  • Mount Joern

  • Cape Reynolds

  • Mills Peak

  • Ogden Heights

  • O'Kane Glacier

  • Mount Larsen

  • Mount George Murray

  • Mount Mackintosh

  • Styx Glacier

  • Ross Island

  • Rhodes Head

  • The Mitten

  • Retreat Hills

  • Timber Peak

  • Mount Emison

  • Random Hills

  • Southern Cross Mountains

  • Mount Dickason

  • O'Kane Canyon

  • Thern Promontory

  • Mount Meister

  • Prior Island

  • Prince Albert Mountains

  • Mount Queensland

  • Rennick Névé

  • Mount Stephen

  • Ricker Hills

  • Mount Neumayer

  • Mountaineer Range

  • Sequence Hills

  • Priestley Glacier

  • Northern Foothills

  • Szanto Spur

  • Wasson Rock

  • Simpson Crags

  • Tethys Bay

  • Shafer Peak

  • Widowmaker Pass

  • Womochel Peaks

  • Webb Névé

GCMD - Providers

  • IT/PNRA

  • IT/MNA

Research Organization

  • MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide
Use limitation
Creative-Commons CC-BY 4.0
Unique resource identifier
XIV 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
1998-12-05
End date
1999-01-22 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 ( 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
423a0bc7-59f1-4dc8-af80-464bde6c59e3 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2024-10-07T08:12:12
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 Andesite Andesitic rock Aplite Arenite Arkose Breccia Calc-silicate rock Clastic sedimentary rock Conglomerate Diamictite Diorite Dioritic rock Fault rock Gabbro Gabbroic rock Gneiss Granite Granitic rock Granodiorite Granulite Igneous material Latite Litharenite Marble Metabasalt Metacarbonatic rock Metamorphic rock Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock Metavolcaniclastic rock Mica schist Migmatic rock Migmatite Mylonite Orthogneiss Phonolite Phonolitic rock Phyllite Plutonic rock Quartz arenite Quartz diorite Quartzite Rhyolite Rhyolithic rock Sandstone Schist Sedimentary rock Siltstone Tonalite Trachytic rock Ultramafic rock Volcanic rock
NASA Thesaurus
rocks
Research Organization
MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide
SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica
Astronaut Glacier Barren Bluff Bier Point Black Ridge Brawn Rocks Brien Rocks Cape Evans Cape Irizar Cape Reynolds Caudal Hills Corner Glacier Deep Freeze Range Dessent Ridge Eisenhower Range Foolsmate Glacier Gerlache Inlet Hughes Bluff Lamplugh Island Mario Zucchelli Station McCarthy Ridge McDaniel Nunatak Millen Range Mills Peak Moore Ridge Morris Basin Mount Aorangi Mount Baxter Mount Borgstrom Mount Bower Mount Browning Mount Cavaney Mount Dickason Mount Emison Mount George Murray Mount Gobey Mount Joern Mount Larsen Mount Mackintosh Mount Meister Mount Neumayer Mount Queensland Mount Spatz Mount Stephen Mountaineer Range Northern Foothills O'Kane Canyon O'Kane Glacier Ogden Heights Outback Nunataks Priestley Glacier Prince Albert Mountains Prior Island Random Hills Rennick Névé Retreat Hills Rhodes Head Ricker Hills Ross Island Sequence Hills Shafer Peak Simpson Crags Southern Cross Mountains Styx Glacier Szanto Spur Tethys Bay The Mitten Thern Promontory Timber Peak Victoria Land Wasson Rock Webb Névé Widowmaker Pass Womochel Peaks

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