Rocks and fossils from the project “German Italian Geologic Antarctic Map Programme" (GIGAMAP)

During the XII Italian Antarctic expedition (1996/97), 529 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the GIGAMAP project in northern Victoria Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic, volcanic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks and fossil woods. The investigated regions are within Cape Hallett SS 58-60/2, Coulman Island SS 58-60/6, Freyberg Mountains SS 58-60/1, Mount Joyce SS 55-57/16, Mount Melbourne SS 58-60/9, Mount Murchison SS 58-60/5, Mount Soza SR 57-58/15, Relief Inlet SS 58-60/13 and Sequence Hills SS 55-57/8 USGS sheets.

Project: German Italian Geologic Antarctic Map Programme.

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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 Pisa - Piero Pertusati
Originator
  University of Siena - Marco Meccheri
Originator
  University of Genova - Giovanni Capponi
Originator
  University of Genova - Laura Crispini
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

GCMD - Science Keywords

  • IGNEOUS ROCKS

  • METAMORPHIC ROCKS

  • SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

  • MACROFOSSILS

NASA Thesaurus

  • fossils

  • rocks

Lithology

  • Basalt

  • Basaltic rock

  • Dolerite

  • Igneous material

  • Alkali feldspar granite

  • Amphibolite

  • Arenite

  • Arkose

  • Calc-schist

  • Calc-silicate rock

  • Metavolcaniclastic rock

  • Clastic sedimentary rock

  • Cataclasite

  • Diorite

  • Dioritic rock

  • Fault rock

  • Gabbro

  • Gabbroic rock

  • Graywacke

  • Granitic rock

  • Gneiss

  • Granite

  • Litharenite

  • Quartz monzonite

  • Granodiorite

  • Wacke

  • Quartz trachyte

  • Metabasalt

  • Marble

  • Metacarbonatic rock

  • Metagabbro

  • Metamorphic rock

  • Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock

  • Metagranite

  • Plutonic rock

  • Porphyroid

  • Pyroclastic breccia

  • Pyroclastics

  • Pyroclastic rock

  • Trachyte

  • Trachytic rock

  • Volcanic rock

  • Orthogneiss

  • Phyllite

  • Tuff

  • Mica schist

  • Quartz arenite

  • Mylonite

  • Quartzite

  • Rhyolithic rock

  • Quartz diorite

  • Rhyolite

  • Sandstone

  • Schist

  • Sedimentary rock

  • Ultramafic rock

  • Tonalite

  • Syenitic rock

  • Siltstone

GCMD - Instruments

  • Grabbers/Traps/Collectors

GCMD - Locations

  • ANTARCTICA

SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica

  • Victoria Land

  • Cape Philippi

  • Southern Cross Mountains

  • Argonaut Glacier

  • Cape Reynolds

  • Alamein Range

  • Cape King

  • Cosmonaut Glacier

  • Cuneiform Cliffs

  • Capsize Glacier

  • Caudal Hills

  • Chisholm Hills

  • McDaniel Nunatak

  • Diversion Hills

  • Evans Névé

  • Folk Ridge

  • Coates Rocks

  • Mount Melbourne

  • Dessent Ridge

  • Gair Glacier

  • Lichen Hills

  • Marinerplateau

  • Rennick Glacier

  • Disthenwand

  • Sawyer Nunatak

  • Scarab Peak

  • Mount George Murray

  • Indexsporn

  • Lanterman Range

  • Starr Nunatak

  • The Mitten

  • Varney Nunatak

  • Mariner Glacier

  • Meander Glacier

  • Mount Murchison

  • Freyberg Mountains

  • Hercules Névé

  • Ambalada Peak

  • Deep Freeze Range

  • Mount Supernal

  • Mountaineer Range

  • Niagara-Eisfälle

  • Griffin Nunatak

  • Mesa Range

  • Hollingsworth Glacier

  • Arrowhead Range

  • Brimstone Peak

  • Sheppard Rocks

  • David Glacier

  • Malta Plateau

  • McLea Nunatak

  • Outpost Nunataks

  • Ricker Hills

  • Mount Prior

  • D'Urville Wall

  • Exposure Hill

  • Spatulate Ridge

  • Prince Albert Mountains

  • Thomas Rock

  • Mount Alberts

  • Whitcomb Ridge

  • Victory Mountains

GCMD - Providers

  • IT/PNRA

  • IT/MNA

Research Organization

  • MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide
Keywords

  • metavolcanic rock
Use limitation
Creative-Commons CC-BY 4.0
Code
XII 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
1996-12-25
End date
1997-02-06 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
Project: GIGAMAP ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

German Italian Geologic Antarctic Map Programme.

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
7372943a-de49-4eb2-a37f-8b88ee8f1ed6 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2024-10-02T12:53:29
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 MACROFOSSILS METAMORPHIC ROCKS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Geology
Lithology
Alkali feldspar granite Amphibolite Arenite Arkose Basalt Basaltic rock Calc-schist Calc-silicate rock Cataclasite Clastic sedimentary rock Diorite Dioritic rock Dolerite Fault rock Gabbro Gabbroic rock Gneiss Granite Granitic rock Granodiorite Graywacke Igneous material Litharenite Marble Metabasalt Metacarbonatic rock Metagabbro Metagranite Metamorphic rock Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock Metavolcaniclastic rock Mica schist Mylonite Orthogneiss Phyllite Plutonic rock Porphyroid Pyroclastic breccia Pyroclastic rock Pyroclastics Quartz arenite Quartz diorite Quartz monzonite Quartz trachyte Quartzite Rhyolite Rhyolithic rock Sandstone Schist Sedimentary rock Siltstone Syenitic rock Tonalite Trachyte Trachytic rock Tuff Ultramafic rock Volcanic rock Wacke
NASA Thesaurus
fossils rocks
Research Organization
MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide
SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica
Alamein Range Ambalada Peak Argonaut Glacier Arrowhead Range Brimstone Peak Cape King Cape Philippi Cape Reynolds Capsize Glacier Caudal Hills Chisholm Hills Coates Rocks Cosmonaut Glacier Cuneiform Cliffs D'Urville Wall David Glacier Deep Freeze Range Dessent Ridge Disthenwand Diversion Hills Evans Névé Exposure Hill Folk Ridge Freyberg Mountains Gair Glacier Griffin Nunatak Hercules Névé Hollingsworth Glacier Indexsporn Lanterman Range Lichen Hills Malta Plateau Mariner Glacier Marinerplateau McDaniel Nunatak McLea Nunatak Meander Glacier Mesa Range Mount Alberts Mount George Murray Mount Melbourne Mount Murchison Mount Prior Mount Supernal Mountaineer Range Niagara-Eisfälle Outpost Nunataks Prince Albert Mountains Rennick Glacier Ricker Hills Sawyer Nunatak Scarab Peak Sheppard Rocks Southern Cross Mountains Spatulate Ridge Starr Nunatak The Mitten Thomas Rock Varney Nunatak Victoria Land Victory Mountains Whitcomb Ridge

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