Rocks from the project “Tectono-metamorphic and magmatic evolution of the Antarctic Pacific paleo-margin of Gondwana in the late Proterozoic-Early Paleozoic (Victoria Land, Shackleton Range, Dronning Maud Land)"

During the XV and XVI Italian Antarctic expeditions (1999/2000, 2000/01), 609 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the project "Tectono-metamorphic and magmatic evolution of the Antarctic Pacific paleo-margin of Gondwana in the late Proterozoic-Early Paleozoic (Victoria Land, Shackleton Range, Dronning Maud Land)" in northern Victoria Land and central Transantarctic Mountains. They include intrusive, subvolcanic and metamorphic rocks. The investigated regions are within Mount Melbourne SS 58-60/9, Mount Murchison SS 58-60/5, Reeves Névé SS 55-57/12, Sequence Hills SS 55-57/8, Welcome Mountain SS 55-57/4, Cape Selborne SU 55-60/2 and Mount Olympus SU 56-60/1 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
Point of contact
  Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide - Rosaria Palmeri
Principal investigator
  University of Siena - Claudio Ghezzo
Originator
  University of Siena - Barbara Calonaci
Originator
  University of Siena - Fabrizio Colombo
Originator
  University of Roma Sapienza - Luigi Dallai
Originator
  University of Siena - Franco Talarico
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

GCMD - Science Keywords

  • IGNEOUS ROCKS

  • METAMORPHIC ROCKS

NASA Thesaurus

  • rocks

Lithology

  • Igneous material

  • Amphibolite

  • Anorthosite

  • Anorthositic rock

  • Aplite

  • Calc-silicate rock

  • Diorite

  • Dolerite

  • Dioritic rock

  • Gabbro

  • Fault rock

  • Granite

  • Gneiss

  • Granitic rock

  • Gabbroic rock

  • Granulite

  • Granodiorite

  • Metabasalt

  • Metacarbonatic rock

  • Marble

  • Metamorphic rock

  • Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock

  • Metagabbro

  • Mica schist

  • Migmatic rock

  • Migmatite

  • Mylonite

  • Orthogneiss

  • Pegmatite

  • Phyllite

  • Quartz monzogabbro

  • Quartz diorite

  • Plutonic rock

  • Quartz syenite

  • Schist

  • Syenite

  • Tonalite

  • Quartzite

  • Volcanic rock

  • Syenitic rock

  • Calc-schist

  • Cataclasite

  • Alkali feldspar granite

GCMD - Instruments

  • Grabbers/Traps/Collectors

GCMD - Locations

  • ANTARCTICA

SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica

  • Wood Bay

  • Wood Ridge

  • Victoria Land

  • Frontier Mountain

  • Byrd Glacier

  • Black Ridge

  • Transantarctic Mountains

  • Cape Selborne

  • Cape Kerr

  • DeVries Glacier

  • Merrick Glacier

  • Knetschberg

  • Horney Bluff

  • Hell's Gate

  • Gerlache Inlet

  • Foolsmate Glacier

  • Mount Meister

  • Mount Emison

  • Deep Freeze Range

  • Mount Dickason

  • Mount Borgstrom

  • Northern Foothills

  • Mountaineer Range

  • Prince Albert Mountains

  • Priestley Glacier

  • Simpson Crags

  • Mount Queensland

  • Southern Cross Mountains

  • Lichen Hills

  • Tethys Bay

  • Mills Peak

  • Tourmaline Plateau

  • Ogden Heights

  • O'Kane Canyon

  • Mount Jiracek

  • Boomerang Glacier

  • Mount Keinath

  • Couzens Bay

  • Britannia Range

  • Churchill Mountains

  • Mount Madison

  • Browning Pass

  • Mount Mankinen

  • Inexpressible Island

  • Lowry Bluff

  • Eskimo Point

  • Mount Dick

  • Terra Nova Bay

  • Adélie Cove

  • Cape Canwe

  • Mount McClintock

  • Barne Inlet

  • Mount Burrows

  • Mount Abbott

  • Kay Island

  • Howard Peaks

  • Mount Levick

  • Rennick Glacier

  • Mount New Zealand

GCMD - Providers

  • IT/PNRA

  • IT/MNA

Research Organization

  • MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide
Use limitation
Creative-Commons CC-BY 4.0
Code
XV and XVI Italian Antarctic expeditions
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
1999-12-03
End date
2000-12-13 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
Tectono-metamorphic and magmatic evolution of the Antarctic Pacific paleo-margin of Gondwana in the late Proterozoic-Early Paleozoic (Victoria Land, Shackleton Range, Dronning Maud Land) ( 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
22f73862-a37f-45fb-adfc-7856cc4fae27 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2024-10-07T08:26:07
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
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Geology
Lithology
Alkali feldspar granite Amphibolite Anorthosite Anorthositic rock Aplite Calc-schist Calc-silicate rock Cataclasite Diorite Dioritic rock Dolerite Fault rock Gabbro Gabbroic rock Gneiss Granite Granitic rock Granodiorite Granulite Igneous material Marble Metabasalt Metacarbonatic rock Metagabbro Metamorphic rock Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock Mica schist Migmatic rock Migmatite Mylonite Orthogneiss Pegmatite Phyllite Plutonic rock Quartz diorite Quartz monzogabbro Quartz syenite Quartzite Schist Syenite Syenitic rock Tonalite Volcanic rock
NASA Thesaurus
rocks
Research Organization
MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide
SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica
Adélie Cove Barne Inlet Black Ridge Boomerang Glacier Britannia Range Browning Pass Byrd Glacier Cape Canwe Cape Kerr Cape Selborne Churchill Mountains Couzens Bay DeVries Glacier Deep Freeze Range Eskimo Point Foolsmate Glacier Frontier Mountain Gerlache Inlet Hell's Gate Horney Bluff Howard Peaks Inexpressible Island Kay Island Knetschberg Lichen Hills Lowry Bluff Merrick Glacier Mills Peak Mount Abbott Mount Borgstrom Mount Burrows Mount Dick Mount Dickason Mount Emison Mount Jiracek Mount Keinath Mount Levick Mount Madison Mount Mankinen Mount McClintock Mount Meister Mount New Zealand Mount Queensland Mountaineer Range Northern Foothills O'Kane Canyon Ogden Heights Priestley Glacier Prince Albert Mountains Rennick Glacier Simpson Crags Southern Cross Mountains Terra Nova Bay Tethys Bay Tourmaline Plateau Transantarctic Mountains Victoria Land Wood Bay Wood Ridge

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