Rocks from the project “Backside of the Transantarctic Mountains" (BACKTAM)

During the XV Italian Antarctic expedition (1999/2000), 213 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the BACKTAM project in Oates Land and George V Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic, volcanic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. The investigated regions are within Australian Antarctic Territory - Ross Dependency - Sr57-58, Australian Antarctic Territory - Sq55-56, Australian Antarctic Territory - Sr55-56 and Australian Antarctic Territory - Terre Adelie - Sq53-54 sheets.

Project: Backside of the Transantarctic Mountains.

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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
Point of contact
  Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide - Rosaria Palmeri
Principal investigator
  University of Genova - Emanuele Bozzo
Originator
  University of Frankfurt - Georg Kleinschmidt
Originator
  BGR - Norbert Roland
Originator
  University of Siena - Franco Talarico
Originator
  University og Genova - Giorgio Caneva
Originator
  University of Genova - Egidio Armadillo
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

GCMD - Science Keywords

  • METAMORPHIC ROCKS

  • SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

  • IGNEOUS ROCKS

NASA Thesaurus

  • rocks

Lithology

  • Igneous material

  • Amphibolite

  • Arenite

  • Basalt

  • Clastic sedimentary rock

  • Basaltic rock

  • Dioritic rock

  • Calc-silicate rock

  • Diorite

  • Fault rock

  • Gneiss

  • Granite

  • Granitic rock

  • Metamorphic rock

  • Granulite

  • Granodiorite

  • Marble

  • Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock

  • Metacarbonatic rock

  • Mica schist

  • Migmatite

  • Migmatic rock

  • Mylonite

  • Phyllite

  • Orthogneiss

  • Pyroxenite

  • Pegmatite

  • Plutonic rock

  • Quartz arenite

  • Schist

  • Sandstone

  • Quartzite

  • Sedimentary rock

  • Ultramafic rock

  • Tonalite

  • Volcanic rock

  • Dolerite

  • Metagabbro

GCMD - Instruments

  • Grabbers/Traps/Collectors

GCMD - Locations

  • ANTARCTICA

SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica

  • Exiles Nunataks

  • Wilson Hills

  • Cape Denison

  • Eld Peak

  • Garnet Point

  • George V Land

  • Aurora Peak

  • Oates Land

  • Coombes Ridge

  • Cape Pigeon Rocks

  • Cape Bage

  • Berg Mountains

  • Anxiety Nunataks

  • Magga Peak

  • Correll Nunatak

  • DeRemer Nunataks

  • Drury Nunatak

  • Mount Blowaway

  • Mount Martyn

  • Reynolds Peak

  • Rescue Nunatak

  • Harald Bay

  • Ringgold Knoll

  • Burnside Ridges

  • Mount Dalton

  • Mertz Glacier

  • Mount Archer

  • Mawson Peninsula

  • Penguin Point

  • Cape Webb

  • Cape Hunter

  • Lazarev Mountains

  • Scar Bluffs

  • Thomson Peak

  • Ninnis Glacier

GCMD - Providers

  • IT/PNRA

  • IT/MNA

Research Organization

  • MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide
Use limitation
Creative-Commons CC-BY 4.0
Code
XV Italian Antarctic expedition
Association Type
dependency
Initiative Type
Campaign
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Denominator
1
Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
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Begin date
2000-01-23
End date
2000-02-26 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
Project: BACKTAM ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Backside of the Transantarctic Mountains

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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
0f7f4b16-42ba-46ab-bf72-d46dac40f2fb XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2024-10-07T08:17:50
Metadata standard name

ISO 19139
Metadata standard version

1.0
Point of contact
  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 Arenite Basalt Basaltic rock Calc-silicate rock Clastic sedimentary rock Diorite Dioritic rock Dolerite Fault rock Gneiss Granite Granitic rock Granodiorite Granulite Igneous material Marble Metacarbonatic rock Metagabbro Metamorphic rock Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock Mica schist Migmatic rock Migmatite Mylonite Orthogneiss Pegmatite Phyllite Plutonic rock Pyroxenite Quartz arenite Quartzite Sandstone Schist Sedimentary rock Tonalite Ultramafic rock Volcanic rock
NASA Thesaurus
rocks
Research Organization
MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide
SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica
Anxiety Nunataks Aurora Peak Berg Mountains Burnside Ridges Cape Bage Cape Denison Cape Hunter Cape Pigeon Rocks Cape Webb Coombes Ridge Correll Nunatak DeRemer Nunataks Drury Nunatak Eld Peak Exiles Nunataks Garnet Point George V Land Harald Bay Lazarev Mountains Magga Peak Mawson Peninsula Mertz Glacier Mount Archer Mount Blowaway Mount Dalton Mount Martyn Ninnis Glacier Oates Land Penguin Point Rescue Nunatak Reynolds Peak Ringgold Knoll Scar Bluffs Thomson Peak Wilson Hills

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