Rocks from the project “Geological, structural, petrological and geochemical research programme"

During the I Italian Antarctic expedition (1985/86), 853 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the project "Geological, structural, petrological and geochemical research programme" in northern Victoria Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic, volcanic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. The investigated regions are within Coulman Island SS 58-60/6, Mount Melbourne SS 58-60/9, Mount Murchison SS 58-60/5, Reeves Nevé SS 55-57/12, Relief Inlet SS 58-60/13 and Sequence Hills SS 55-57/8 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 - Luigi Carmignani
Originator
  University of Milano - Guido Gosso
Originator
  CNR-IGG - Bruno Lombardo
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

GCMD - Science Keywords

  • METAMORPHIC ROCKS

  • IGNEOUS ROCKS

  • SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

NASA Thesaurus

  • rocks

Lithology

  • Igneous material

  • Volcanic rock

  • Basaltic rock

  • Plutonic rock

  • Dolerite

  • Basalt

  • Andesite

  • Andesitic rock

  • Granite

  • Clastic sedimentary rock

  • Granitic rock

  • Metamorphic rock

  • Sedimentary rock

  • Schist

  • Ultramafic rock

  • Sandstone

  • Calc-silicate rock

  • Aplite

  • Porphyroid

  • Amphibolite

  • Conglomerate

  • Contact-metamorphic rock

  • Fault rock

  • Gabbroic rock

  • Dioritic rock

  • Gneiss

  • Diorite

  • Gabbro

  • Granodiorite

  • Graywacke

  • Granulite

  • Metagranite

  • Metacarbonatic rock

  • Hornfels

  • Marble

  • Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock

  • Metagabbro

  • Metabasalt

  • Migmatic rock

  • Orthogneiss

  • Mica schist

  • Quartz monzonite

  • Pegmatite

  • Migmatite

  • Phyllite

  • Mylonite

  • Quartz diorite

  • Tonalite

  • Quartz monzodiorite

  • Quartzite

  • Syenitic rock

  • Wacke

GCMD - Instruments

  • Grabbers/Traps/Collectors

GCMD - Locations

  • ANTARCTICA

SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica

  • Miller Nunatak

  • Deep Freeze Range

  • Victoria Land

  • Random Hills

  • Mountaineer Range

  • Corner Glacier

  • Mount Dickason

  • Terra Nova Bay

  • Southern Cross Mountains

  • Cape Sastrugi

  • Boomerang Glacier

  • Clingman Peak

  • Cape King

  • Andersson Ridge

  • Mount Borgstrom

  • Mount Baxter

  • McCarthy Ridge

  • Cape Russell

  • Cape Canwe

  • Mount Browning

  • Havelgletscher

  • Mount Keinath

  • Inexpressible Island

  • Pinckard Table

  • Mount Nansen

  • Harrow Peaks

  • Tarn Flat

  • O'Kane Glacier

  • Styx Glacier

  • Howard Peaks

  • Gerlache Inlet

  • Snowy Point

  • Schulte Hills

  • Mills Peak

  • Tantalus Peak

  • Mount Abbott

  • Mount Levick

  • Mount Burrows

  • Wasson Rock

  • Vegetation Island

  • Prince Albert Mountains

  • Mount Queensland

  • Priestley Glacier

  • Mount Meister

  • Mount Emison

  • Black Ridge

  • Vulcan Hills

  • Simpson Crags

  • Tinker Glacier

  • Northern Foothills

  • Lowry Bluff

  • O'Kane Canyon

  • Szanto Spur

  • Stewart Heights

  • Mount New Zealand

  • Foolsmate Glacier

  • Timber Peak

  • Tourmaline Plateau

GCMD - Providers

  • IT/PNRA

  • IT/MNA

Research Organization

  • MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide
Use limitation
Creative-Commons CC-BY 4.0
Code
I Italian Antarctic expedition
Association Type
dependency
Initiative Type
Campaign
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Denominator
1
Language
English
Character set
UTF8
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Begin date
1985-12-24
End date
1986-02-13 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
Geological, structural, petrological and geochemical research programme. ( 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
6f0363e6-0f15-44d6-a060-99174f8f220e XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2024-10-02T12:52:04
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 Andesite Andesitic rock Aplite Basalt Basaltic rock Calc-silicate rock Clastic sedimentary rock Conglomerate Contact-metamorphic rock Diorite Dioritic rock Dolerite Fault rock Gabbro Gabbroic rock Gneiss Granite Granitic rock Granodiorite Granulite Graywacke Hornfels Igneous material Marble Metabasalt Metacarbonatic rock Metagabbro Metagranite Metamorphic rock Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock Mica schist Migmatic rock Migmatite Mylonite Orthogneiss Pegmatite Phyllite Plutonic rock Porphyroid Quartz diorite Quartz monzodiorite Quartz monzonite Quartzite Sandstone Schist Sedimentary rock Syenitic rock Tonalite Ultramafic rock Volcanic rock Wacke
NASA Thesaurus
rocks
Research Organization
MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide
SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica
Andersson Ridge Black Ridge Boomerang Glacier Cape Canwe Cape King Cape Russell Cape Sastrugi Clingman Peak Corner Glacier Deep Freeze Range Foolsmate Glacier Gerlache Inlet Harrow Peaks Havelgletscher Howard Peaks Inexpressible Island Lowry Bluff McCarthy Ridge Miller Nunatak Mills Peak Mount Abbott Mount Baxter Mount Borgstrom Mount Browning Mount Burrows Mount Dickason Mount Emison Mount Keinath Mount Levick Mount Meister Mount Nansen Mount New Zealand Mount Queensland Mountaineer Range Northern Foothills O'Kane Canyon O'Kane Glacier Pinckard Table Priestley Glacier Prince Albert Mountains Random Hills Schulte Hills Simpson Crags Snowy Point Southern Cross Mountains Stewart Heights Styx Glacier Szanto Spur Tantalus Peak Tarn Flat Terra Nova Bay Timber Peak Tinker Glacier Tourmaline Plateau Vegetation Island Victoria Land Vulcan Hills Wasson Rock

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