Rocks from the project “Tectonic inheritance in northern Victoria Land: the role of Paleozoic discontinuities in recent geodynamic evolution and the influence in the establishment of the Antarctic glaciation" (PNRA 2013/AZ2.02)

During the XXX and XXXI Italian Antarctic expeditions (2014/15, 2015/16), 387 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the project "Tectonic inheritance in northern Victoria Land: the role of Paleozoic discontinuities in recent geodynamic evolution and the influence in the establishment of the Antarctic glaciation" in northern Victoria Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic, volcanic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks and fossil woods. The investigated regions are within Coulman Island SS 58-60/6, Daniels Range SR 57-58/14, Ebbe Glacier SR 57-58/16, 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, Ob' Bay SR 57-58/11, Pomerantz Tableland SR 57-58/10 and Relief Inlet SS 58-60/13 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 Genova - Giovanni Capponi
Originator
  University of Bologna - Paolo Garofalo
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

  • rocks

  • fossils

Lithology

  • Igneous material

  • Pyroclastics

  • Amphibolite

  • Aplite

  • Basalt

  • Basaltic rock

  • Breccia

  • Calc-silicate rock

  • Cataclasite

  • Clastic sedimentary rock

  • Diorite

  • Dioritic rock

  • Dolerite

  • Eclogite

  • Fault rock

  • Fault-related material

  • Gabbro

  • Gabbroic rock

  • Gneiss

  • Granite

  • Granitic rock

  • High-pressure metamorphic rock

  • Marble

  • Metabasalt

  • Metacarbonatic rock

  • Metagabbro

  • Metamorphic rock

  • Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock

  • Mylonite

  • Pegmatite

  • Plutonic rock

  • Pseudotachylite

  • Pyroclastic breccia

  • Pyroclastic rock

  • Quartzite

  • Sandstone

  • Schist

  • Sedimentary rock

  • Serpentinite

  • Ultramafic rock

  • Tonalite

  • Tectonic breccia

  • Volcanic rock

GCMD - Instruments

  • Grabbers/Traps/Collectors

GCMD - Locations

  • ANTARCTICA

SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica

  • Mount Bellingshausen

  • Mount Bruce

  • Sledgers Glacier

  • Victoria Land

  • Arruiz Glacier

  • Canham Glacier

  • Griffith Ridge

  • Gallipoli Heights

  • Everett Range

  • Copperstain Ridge

  • Ebbe Glacier

  • Mount Craven

  • Handschuhsporn

  • Mount Radspinner

  • Mount Montreuil

  • Mount Overlook

  • Mount Priestley

  • Mount Works

  • Vegetation Island

  • Pomerantz Tableland

  • Reilly Ridge

  • Andersson Ridge

  • Alamein Range

  • Cape King

  • Wisdom Hills

  • Bowers Mountains

  • Argonaut Glacier

  • Freyberg Mountains

  • Boggs Valley

  • Disthenwand

  • Deep Freeze Range

  • Dessent Ridge

  • Cape Sastrugi

  • Cape Philippi

  • Gateway Hills

  • Gair Glacier

  • Dziura Nunatak

  • Dorngletscher

  • Lanterman Range

  • Inexpressible Island

  • Meander Glacier

  • Frolov Ridge

  • Mount Gerlache

  • Hunter Glacier

  • Hercules Névé

  • Helliwell Hills

  • Molar Massif

  • Niagara-Eisfälle

  • Marinerplateau

  • Mariner Glacier

  • Lawrence Peaks

  • Mount Larsen

  • Northern Foothills

  • Mount Bresnahan

  • Morozumi Range

  • Mount Bernstein

  • Mountaineer Range

  • Mount Moody

  • Prince Albert Mountains

  • Teall Nunatak

  • Onlooker Nunatak

  • Mount Supernal

  • Usarp 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
XXX and XXXI Italian Antarctic expeditions
Association Type
dependency
Initiative Type
Campaign
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Denominator
1
Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
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Begin date
2014-11-23
End date
2016-02-06 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
Tectonic inheritance in northern Victoria Land: the role of Paleozoic discontinuities in recent geodynamic evolution and the influence in the establishment of the Antarctic glaciation ( 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
9e1212f3-0329-4973-8b62-d102da471302 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2024-10-18T08:17:04
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 MACROFOSSILS METAMORPHIC ROCKS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Geology
Lithology
Amphibolite Aplite Basalt Basaltic rock Breccia Calc-silicate rock Cataclasite Clastic sedimentary rock Diorite Dioritic rock Dolerite Eclogite Fault rock Fault-related material Gabbro Gabbroic rock Gneiss Granite Granitic rock High-pressure metamorphic rock Igneous material Marble Metabasalt Metacarbonatic rock Metagabbro Metamorphic rock Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock Mylonite Pegmatite Plutonic rock Pseudotachylite Pyroclastic breccia Pyroclastic rock Pyroclastics Quartzite Sandstone Schist Sedimentary rock Serpentinite Tectonic breccia Tonalite Ultramafic rock Volcanic rock
NASA Thesaurus
fossils rocks
Research Organization
MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide
SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica
Alamein Range Andersson Ridge Argonaut Glacier Arruiz Glacier Boggs Valley Bowers Mountains Canham Glacier Cape King Cape Philippi Cape Sastrugi Copperstain Ridge Deep Freeze Range Dessent Ridge Disthenwand Dorngletscher Dziura Nunatak Ebbe Glacier Everett Range Freyberg Mountains Frolov Ridge Gair Glacier Gallipoli Heights Gateway Hills Griffith Ridge Handschuhsporn Helliwell Hills Hercules Névé Hunter Glacier Inexpressible Island Lanterman Range Lawrence Peaks Mariner Glacier Marinerplateau Meander Glacier Molar Massif Morozumi Range Mount Bellingshausen Mount Bernstein Mount Bresnahan Mount Bruce Mount Craven Mount Gerlache Mount Larsen Mount Montreuil Mount Moody Mount Overlook Mount Priestley Mount Radspinner Mount Supernal Mount Works Mountaineer Range Niagara-Eisfälle Northern Foothills Onlooker Nunatak Pomerantz Tableland Prince Albert Mountains Reilly Ridge Sledgers Glacier Teall Nunatak Usarp Mountains Vegetation Island Victoria Land Wisdom Hills

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