Tephra
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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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During the XIII Italian Antarctic expedition (1997/98), 5 tephra layers have been sampled within the aim of the project "Concentration of meteorites: identification, collection, study" in northern Victoria Land. The investigated region is within Freyberg Mountains SS 58-60/1 USGS sheet.
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During the XV and XVII Italian Antarctic expeditions (1999/2000, 2001/02), 19 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the project "Concentration of meteorites: identification, collection, study" in northern Victoria Land. They include intrusive rocks and tephra. The investigated regions are within Freyberg Mountains SS 58-60/1 and Welcome Mountain SS 55-57/4 USGS sheets.
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During the XXXVIII Italian Antarctic expedition (2022/23), 126 rocks have been sampled within the aim of “MAGIC” project in northern Victoria Land. They include volcanic, igneous and metamorphic rocks, and sediment. The investigated regions are within Cape Hallett SS58-60/2, Freyberg Mountains SS 58-60/1, Mount Murchison SS 58-60/5 and Mount Melbourne SS 58-60/9 USGS sheets. Project: Magma-Ice interaction: late Miocene ice thickness and eruption tempo in northern Victoria Land.
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During the I Italian Antarctic expedition (1985/86), 73 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the project "Volcanological research program" in northern Victoria Land. They include different volcanic rocks. The investigated regions are within Mount Melbourne SS 58-60/9 and Mount Murchison SS 58-60/5 USGS sheets.
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During the XXVII Italian Antarctic expedition (2011/12), 143 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the project "Xenoliths and basic lavas for the knowledge of the C-O-H system in the lithospheric mantle of the polar regions" in northern Victoria Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic, volcanic and metamorphic rocks. The investigated regions are within Cape Hallett SS 58-60/2, Coulman Island SS 58-60/6, Mount Melbourne SS 58-60/9 and Mount Murchison SS 58-60/5 USGS sheets.
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During the XV, XVI and XVII Italian Antarctic expeditions (1999/2000, 2000/01, 2001/02), 259 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the project "Cenozoic magmatism in the area north of Tucker Glacier, northern Victoria Land, Antarctica" in northern Victoria Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic, volcanic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. The investigated regions are within Cape Adare SR 59-60/13*, Cape Hallett SS 58-60/2, Coulman Island SS 58-60/6, Freyberg Mountains SS 58-60/1 and Mount Melbourne SS 58-60/9 USGS sheets.
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Rocks from the project “Cenozoic geodynamics in the Ross Sea area: magmatism and tectonic evolution"
During the IX Italian Antarctic expedition (1993/94), 376 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the project "Cenozoic geodynamics in the Ross Sea area: magmatism and tectonic evolution" in northern Victoria Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic, volcanic and metamorphic rocks. The investigated regions are within Cape Hallett SS 58-60/2, Coulman Island SS 58-60/6, Mount Melbourne SS 58-60/9, Mount Murchison SS 58-60/5, Reeves Névé SS 55-57/12 and Relief Inlet SS 58-60/13 USGS sheets.
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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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During the II Italian Antarctic expedition (1986/87), 885 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the project "Earth Sciences. Structural geology" in northern Victoria Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic, volcanic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. The Bowers Terrane is reached for the first time. The investigated regions are within Coulman Island SS 58-60/6, Mount Melbourne SS 58-60/9, Mount Murchison SS 58-60/5, Reeves Nevé SS 55-57/12, Relief Inlet SS 58-60/13 and Sequence Hills SS 55-57/8 USGS sheets.
Italian Antarctic Data Center