Rocks from the project “Cenozoic geodynamics in the Ross Sea area: volcanism"

During the X Italian Antarctic expedition (1994/95), 26 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the project "Cenozoic geodynamics in the Ross Sea area: volcanism" in northern Victoria Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic and volcanic rocks. The investigated regions are within Coulman Island SS 58-60/6, Mount Melbourne SS 58-60/9 and Mount Murchison SS 58-60/5 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 - Pietro Armienti

Originator

CNR-ISMAR - Luigi Vigliotti

Originator

INGV - Osservatorio Vesuviano - Giovanni Orsi

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Geology

GCMD - Science Keywords

IGNEOUS ROCKS

NASA Thesaurus

rocks

Lithology

Basalt
Basaltic rock
Dolerite
Igneous material
Plutonic rock
Porphyroid
Trachyte
Trachytic rock
Dioritic rock
Diorite
Volcanic rock
Granitic rock
Granite
Tonalite

GCMD - Instruments

Grabbers/Traps/Collectors

GCMD - Locations

ANTARCTICA

SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica

Mandible Cirque
Daniell Peninsula
Random Hills
Southern Cross Mountains
Cape King
Victoria Land
Mount Adamson
Mount McGee
Deep Freeze Range
Burns Glacier
Mountaineer Range

GCMD - Providers

IT/PNRA
IT/MNA

Research Organization

MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide

Use limitation: Creative-Commons CC-BY 4.0

Code: X 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: 1994-10-31

End date: 1994-11-25 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: Cenozoic geodynamics in the Ross Sea area: volcanism. ( 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.