Rocks from the project “Origin and behaviour of the northern Victoria Land glacial system" (PNRA 2004/4.2)

During the XXI Italian Antarctic expedition (2005/06), 42 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the project "Origin and behaviour of the northern Victoria Land glacial system" in northern Victoria Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic, volcanic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. The investigated regions are within Mount Melbourne SS 58-60/9, Mount Murchison SS 58-60/5 and Relief Inlet SS 58-60/13 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

Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre - Luigia Di Nicola

Originator

University of Bern - Christian Schluchter

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Geology

GCMD - Science Keywords

IGNEOUS ROCKS
METAMORPHIC ROCKS
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

NASA Thesaurus

rocks

Lithology

Igneous material
Aplite
Basalt
Basaltic rock
Clastic sedimentary rock
Dolerite
Granite
Granitic rock
Metamorphic rock
Plutonic rock
Quartzite
Sandstone
Sedimentary rock
Volcanic rock

GCMD - Instruments

Grabbers/Traps/Collectors

GCMD - Locations

ANTARCTICA

SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica

Victoria Land
Andersson Ridge
Illusion Hills
Enigma Lake
Archambault Ridge
Mount Gerlache
Mount Janetschek
Mount Pollock
Tarn Flat
Mount Browning
Black Ridge
Deep Freeze Range
Mount Crummer
Mount Emison
Mount Frustum
Mount Levick
Northern Foothills
Prince Albert Mountains
Rennick Glacier
Tobin Mesa
Mount Abbott
Lichen Hills
Mesa Range
Mount Neumayer
Tourmaline Plateau

GCMD - Providers

IT/PNRA
IT/MNA

Research Organization

MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide

Use limitation: Creative-Commons CC-BY 4.0

Code: XXI 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

Begin date: 2005-12-06

End date: 2006-01-14 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.

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.