Rocks from the project “Geomagnetism"

During the III Italian Antarctic expedition (1987/88), 33 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the project "Geomagnetism" in northern Victoria Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic, volcanic and metamorphic rocks. The investigated regions are within Mount Melbourne SS 58-60/9 USGS sheet.

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 Genova - Emanuele Bozzo

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Geology

GCMD - Science Keywords

IGNEOUS ROCKS
METAMORPHIC ROCKS

NASA Thesaurus

rocks

Lithology

Basaltic rock
Basalt
Igneous material
Plutonic rock
Volcanic rock
Gneiss
Granite
Metamorphic rock
Granitic rock
Pegmatite
Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock

GCMD - Instruments

Grabbers/Traps/Collectors

GCMD - Locations

ANTARCTICA

SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica

Adélie Cove
Victoria Land
Anderton Glacier
Bier Point
Browning Pass
Carnein Glacier
Black Ridge
Corner Glacier
Lowry Bluff
Andersson Ridge
Mount Borgstrom
Mount Keinath
Mount Nansen
McCarthy Ridge
Mount Abbott
Mount Browning
Terra Nova Bay
Nash Ridge
Mount Queensland
O'Kane Glacier
Mount Melbourne
Random Hills
Eisenhower Range
Deep Freeze Range
Thern Promontory
Northern Foothills
O'Kane Canyon
Mount McGee
Simpson Crags
Prince Albert Mountains

GCMD - Providers

IT/PNRA
IT/MNA

Research Organization

MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide

Use limitation: Creative-Commons CC-BY 4.0

Code: III 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: 1988-01-08

End date: 1988-02-12 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: Geomagnetic survey. ( 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.