Rocks from the project “Evolution of the Pacific margin of the East Antarctic craton in the Proterozoic-Early Paleozoic"

During the IX Italian Antarctic expedition (1993/94), 1066 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the project "Evolution of the Pacific margin of the East Antarctic craton in the Proterozoic-Early Paleozoic" in northern and southern Victoria Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic, volcanic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. The investigated regions are within Cape Hallett SS 58-60/2, Convoy Range ST 57-60/1, Coulman Island SS 58-60/6, Daniels Range SR 57-58/14, Franklin Island ST 57-60/2*, Mount Melbourne SS 58-60/9, Mount Murchison SS 58-60/5, Mount Soza SR 57-58/15, Relief Inlet SS 58-60/13, Ross Island ST 57-60/6*, Taylor Glacier ST 57-60/5 and Welcome Mountain SS 55-57/4 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 - Carlo Alberto Ricci
Originator
  University of Siena - Marco Meccheri
Originator
  University of Siena - Franco Talarico
Originator
  University of Pisa - Sergio Rocchi
Originator
  University of Pisa - Piero Pertusati
Originator
  University of Torino - Fabrizio Colombo
Originator
  CNR-IGG - Gianfranco Di Vincenzo
Originator
  CNR-IGG - Anna Maria Fioretti
Originator
  Univerity of Pisa - Giovanni Musumeci
Originator
  University of Torino - Rodolfo Carosi
Originator
  CNR-IGG - Maria Laura Balestrieri
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

GCMD - Science Keywords

  • IGNEOUS ROCKS

  • METAMORPHIC ROCKS

  • SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

NASA Thesaurus

  • rocks

Lithology

  • Basalt

  • Basaltic rock

  • Dolerite

  • Igneous material

  • Plutonic rock

  • Alkali feldspar syenite

  • Amphibolite

  • Andesite

  • Andesitic rock

  • Anorthosite

  • Anorthositic rock

  • Aplite

  • Arenite

  • Calc-schist

  • Calc-silicate rock

  • Clastic sedimentary rock

  • Diorite

  • Dioritic rock

  • Eclogite

  • Fault rock

  • Gabbro

  • Quartz alkali feldspar syenite

  • Rhyolite

  • Rhyolithic rock

  • Gabbroic rock

  • Gneiss

  • Granite

  • Granitic rock

  • Granodiorite

  • Granulite

  • High-pressure metamorphic rock

  • Marble

  • Metabasalt

  • Metacarbonatic rock

  • Metagabbro

  • Metagranite

  • Metamorphic rock

  • Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock

  • Mica schist

  • Migmatic rock

  • Migmatite

  • Monzodiorite

  • Monzonite

  • Mylonite

  • Orthogneiss

  • Phyllite

  • Pegmatite

  • Porphyroid

  • Volcanic rock

  • Quartz arenite

  • Quartz diorite

  • Quartz gabbro

  • Quartz monzonite

  • Quartz monzodiorite

  • Quartz syenite

  • Quartzite

  • Sandstone

  • Schist

  • Serpentinite

  • Sedimentary rock

  • Shale

  • Syenite

  • Tonalite

  • Syenitic rock

  • Ultramafic rock

GCMD - Instruments

  • Grabbers/Traps/Collectors

GCMD - Locations

  • ANTARCTICA

SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica

  • Cape Day

  • Blue Glacier

  • Bounty Nunatak

  • Briggs Hill

  • Clapp Ridge

  • Fleming Head

  • Bettle Peak

  • Howard Peaks

  • Hughes Bluff

  • Fry Glacier

  • Greene Point

  • Cape Reynolds

  • Husky Pass

  • Hobbs Peak

  • Johnstone Glacier

  • Insel Range

  • Gneiss Point

  • Kirkwood Range

  • Knetschberg

  • Evans Piedmont Glacier

  • Cape Ross

  • Mario Zucchelli Station

  • Mawson Glacier

  • McKelvey Valley

  • Miller Glacier

  • Hjorth Hill

  • Mount Murray

  • Mount Moriarty

  • Mount Gauss

  • Mount Crummer

  • Mount Burrill

  • Mount Smith

  • New Harbour

  • Nussbaum Riegel

  • Mount Barnes

  • Kukri Hills

  • Saint Johns Range

  • Royal Society Range

  • Oakley Glacier

  • Oates Piedmont Glacier

  • Overflow Glacier

  • Adélie Cove

  • Shoemaker Glacier

  • Prior Island

  • Gerlache Inlet

  • Cape Irizar

  • Hobbie Ridge

  • Cape Russell

  • Bier Point

  • Black Ridge

  • Boomerang Glacier

  • Victoria Land

  • Inexpressible Island

  • Frontier Mountain

  • Disthenwand

  • Deep Freeze Range

  • Daniels Range

  • Capsize Glacier

  • Mills Peak

  • Meander Glacier

  • Mount Keinath

  • Lanterman Range

  • Dessent Ridge

  • Mount Burrows

  • Mount Emison

  • Mount Dickason

  • Mount Bernstein

  • Mount Casey

  • Mount Meister

  • Mount McGee

  • Mount Levick

  • Mount Borgstrom

  • Mount Murchison

  • Mountaineer Range

  • Nash Ridge

  • Random Hills

  • Mount Neumayer

  • Mount Queensland

  • O'Kane Glacier

  • Northern Foothills

  • Simpson Crags

  • O'Kane Canyon

  • Prince Albert 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
IX 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
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Begin date
1993-11-05
End date
1994-02-13 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
Evolution of the Pacific margin of the East Antarctic craton in the Proterozoic-Early Paleozoic. ( 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
abff0b53-e7b6-4952-a174-4702453b0de4 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2024-10-02T14:14:00
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
Alkali feldspar syenite Amphibolite Andesite Andesitic rock Anorthosite Anorthositic rock Aplite Arenite Basalt Basaltic rock Calc-schist Calc-silicate rock Clastic sedimentary rock Diorite Dioritic rock Dolerite Eclogite Fault rock Gabbro Gabbroic rock Gneiss Granite Granitic rock Granodiorite Granulite High-pressure metamorphic rock Igneous material Marble Metabasalt Metacarbonatic rock Metagabbro Metagranite Metamorphic rock Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock Mica schist Migmatic rock Migmatite Monzodiorite Monzonite Mylonite Orthogneiss Pegmatite Phyllite Plutonic rock Porphyroid Quartz alkali feldspar syenite Quartz arenite Quartz diorite Quartz gabbro Quartz monzodiorite Quartz monzonite Quartz syenite Quartzite Rhyolite Rhyolithic rock Sandstone Schist Sedimentary rock Serpentinite Shale Syenite Syenitic rock Tonalite Ultramafic rock Volcanic rock
NASA Thesaurus
rocks
Research Organization
MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide
SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica
Adélie Cove Bettle Peak Bier Point Black Ridge Blue Glacier Boomerang Glacier Bounty Nunatak Briggs Hill Cape Day Cape Irizar Cape Reynolds Cape Ross Cape Russell Capsize Glacier Clapp Ridge Daniels Range Deep Freeze Range Dessent Ridge Disthenwand Evans Piedmont Glacier Fleming Head Frontier Mountain Fry Glacier Gerlache Inlet Gneiss Point Greene Point Hjorth Hill Hobbie Ridge Hobbs Peak Howard Peaks Hughes Bluff Husky Pass Inexpressible Island Insel Range Johnstone Glacier Kirkwood Range Knetschberg Kukri Hills Lanterman Range Mario Zucchelli Station Mawson Glacier McKelvey Valley Meander Glacier Miller Glacier Mills Peak Mount Barnes Mount Bernstein Mount Borgstrom Mount Burrill Mount Burrows Mount Casey Mount Crummer Mount Dickason Mount Emison Mount Gauss Mount Keinath Mount Levick Mount McGee Mount Meister Mount Moriarty Mount Murchison Mount Murray Mount Neumayer Mount Queensland Mount Smith Mountaineer Range Nash Ridge New Harbour Northern Foothills Nussbaum Riegel O'Kane Canyon O'Kane Glacier Oakley Glacier Oates Piedmont Glacier Overflow Glacier Prince Albert Mountains Prior Island Random Hills Royal Society Range Saint Johns Range Shoemaker Glacier Simpson Crags Victoria Land

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