Sediments from the project “Geomorphological and glaciological mapping of Victoria Land"

During the XV and XVII Italian Antarctic expeditions (1999/2000, 2001/02), 23 glacial deposits have been sampled within the aim of the project "Geomorphological and glaciological mapping of Victoria Land" in northern and southern Victoria Land. The investigated regions are within Mount Joyce SS 55-57/16, Mount Melbourne SS 58-60/9 and Taylor Glacier ST 57-60/5 USGS sheets.

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 Pisa - Carlo Baroni

Originator

University of Siena - Francesco Fasano

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Geology

GCMD - Science Keywords

SEDIMENTS

NASA Thesaurus

rocks
glacial drift
moraines

Lithology

Sediment
Clastic sediment
Diamicton

GCMD - Instruments

Grabbers/Traps/Collectors

GCMD - Locations

ANTARCTICA

SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica

Morris Basin
Ricker Hills
Northern Foothills
Victoria Land
Asgard Range
Mount Fleming
Mount Feather
Benson Knob
Boulderclay Glacier
Quartermain Mountains

GCMD - Providers

IT/PNRA
IT/MNA

Research Organization

MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide

Use limitation: Creative-Commons CC-BY 4.0

Code: XV and XVII 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

Begin date: 1999-12-11

End date: 2001-11-01 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: Geomorphological and glaciological mapping of Victoria 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.