Rocks from the project “Evolution of East Antarctic craton and paleo-Pacific margin of Gondwana"

During the XII Italian Antarctic expedition (1996/97), 553 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the project "Evolution of East Antarctic craton and paleo-Pacific margin of Gondwana" in northern and southern Victoria Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic, volcanic and metamorphic rocks. The investigated regions are within Cape Hallett SS 58-60/2, Convoy Range ST 57-60/1, Coulman Island SS 58-60/6, Franklin Island ST 57-60/2*, 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, Relief Inlet SS 58-60/13, Sequence Hills SS 55-57/8 and Yule Bay SR 57-58/12 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 Siena - Barbara Ghiribelli
Originator
  University of Roma Sapienza - Luigi Dallai
Originator
  University of Pisa - Sergio Rocchi
Originator
  CNR-IGG - Anna Maria Fioretti
Originator
  Colorado College - Christine Smith Siddoway
Originator
  University of Pisa - Piero Pertusati
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

NASA Thesaurus

  • rocks

Lithology

  • Basalt

  • Basaltic rock

  • Dolerite

  • Igneous material

  • Alkali feldspar granite

  • Amphibolite

  • Calc-silicate rock

  • Aplite

  • Cataclasite

  • Dacite

  • Quartz monzogabbro

  • Dioritic rock

  • Diorite

  • Dacitic rock

  • Eclogite

  • Fault rock

  • Gabbroic rock

  • Gabbro

  • Gneiss

  • Granite

  • Granitic rock

  • Granodiorite

  • High-pressure metamorphic rock

  • Granulite

  • Marble

  • Metabasalt

  • Metacarbonatic rock

  • Metagabbro

  • Metamorphic rock

  • Metagranite

  • Mica schist

  • Plutonic rock

  • Pyroclastic breccia

  • Porphyroid

  • Pyroclastic rock

  • Pyroclastics

  • Volcanic rock

  • Migmatic rock

  • Migmatite

  • Monzodiorite

  • Pegmatite

  • Mylonite

  • Orthogneiss

  • Pyroxenite

  • Quartz gabbro

  • Quartz diorite

  • Quartz monzodiorite

  • Quartz monzonite

  • Quartzite

  • Schist

  • Serpentinite

  • Quartz syenite

  • Syenite

  • Tonalite

  • Syenitic rock

  • Ultramafic rock

GCMD - Instruments

  • Grabbers/Traps/Collectors

GCMD - Locations

  • ANTARCTICA

SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica

  • Archambault Ridge

  • Cape Canwe

  • Cape Hickey

  • Cape Crossfire

  • Bruce Point

  • Campbell Glacier

  • Kay Island

  • Crown Hills

  • Mount Chetwynd

  • Line Glacier

  • Lewandowski Point

  • Mawson Flat

  • Mount Stierer

  • Mount Creak

  • Mount Gerlache

  • Cape Irizar

  • Mount Endeavour

  • Victoria Land

  • Adélie Cove

  • Rebuff Glacier

  • Prior Island

  • Carnes Crag

  • Boomerang Glacier

  • Browning Pass

  • Black Ridge

  • Exposure Hill

  • Cape King

  • Cape Russell

  • Bowers Mountains

  • Hercules Névé

  • Bowers Peak

  • Capsize Glacier

  • Cape Phillips

  • Cape Philippi

  • Fleming Head

  • D'Urville Wall

  • Deep Freeze Range

  • David Glacier

  • Daniell Peninsula

  • Inexpressible Island

  • Handschuhsporn

  • Galatos Peak

  • Gerlache Inlet

  • Hughes Bluff

  • Hunter Glacier

  • Kirkwood Range

  • Howard Peaks

  • Hoshko Glacier

  • Johnstone Glacier

  • Mesa Range

  • Lanterman Range

  • Mount Abbott

  • Mills Peak

  • Indexsporn

  • McDaniel Nunatak

  • Mount Emison

  • Mariner Glacier

  • Malta Plateau

  • Lyall Islands

  • Mount Dickason

  • Mount Crummer

  • Mount Burrows

  • Mount Adamson

  • Mawson Glacier

  • Mount Smith

  • Mount Bruce

  • Mount Bernstein

  • Mount Levick

  • Mount Pedersen

  • Mountaineer Range

  • Mount Supernal

  • Mount Melbourne

  • Mount Edixon

  • Mount Neumayer

  • Northern Foothills

  • Mount Queensland

  • Mount Meister

  • Niagara-Eisfälle

  • Salamander Range

  • Ricker Hills

  • Nash Ridge

  • Priestley Glacier

  • 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
XII 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
1996-12-05
End date
1997-01-17 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 East Antarctic craton and paleo-Pacific margin of Gondwana. ( 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
c0fa3661-f57d-4ec2-a97e-5845ddfc013e XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2024-10-02T14:40:10
Metadata standard name

ISO 19139
Metadata standard version

1.0
Point of contact
  Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide - Rosaria Palmeri
 
 

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Spatial extent

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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
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Geology
Lithology
Alkali feldspar granite Amphibolite Aplite Basalt Basaltic rock Calc-silicate rock Cataclasite Dacite Dacitic 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 Mica schist Migmatic rock Migmatite Monzodiorite Mylonite Orthogneiss Pegmatite Plutonic rock Porphyroid Pyroclastic breccia Pyroclastic rock Pyroclastics Pyroxenite Quartz diorite Quartz gabbro Quartz monzodiorite Quartz monzogabbro Quartz monzonite Quartz syenite Quartzite Schist Serpentinite Syenite Syenitic rock Tonalite Ultramafic rock Volcanic rock
NASA Thesaurus
rocks
Research Organization
MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide
SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica
Adélie Cove Archambault Ridge Black Ridge Boomerang Glacier Bowers Mountains Bowers Peak Browning Pass Bruce Point Campbell Glacier Cape Canwe Cape Crossfire Cape Hickey Cape Irizar Cape King Cape Philippi Cape Phillips Cape Russell Capsize Glacier Carnes Crag Crown Hills D'Urville Wall Daniell Peninsula David Glacier Deep Freeze Range Exposure Hill Fleming Head Galatos Peak Gerlache Inlet Handschuhsporn Hercules Névé Hoshko Glacier Howard Peaks Hughes Bluff Hunter Glacier Indexsporn Inexpressible Island Johnstone Glacier Kay Island Kirkwood Range Lanterman Range Lewandowski Point Line Glacier Lyall Islands Malta Plateau Mariner Glacier Mawson Flat Mawson Glacier McDaniel Nunatak Mesa Range Mills Peak Mount Abbott Mount Adamson Mount Bernstein Mount Bruce Mount Burrows Mount Chetwynd Mount Creak Mount Crummer Mount Dickason Mount Edixon Mount Emison Mount Endeavour Mount Gerlache Mount Levick Mount Meister Mount Melbourne Mount Neumayer Mount Pedersen Mount Queensland Mount Smith Mount Stierer Mount Supernal Mountaineer Range Nash Ridge Niagara-Eisfälle Northern Foothills Priestley Glacier Prince Albert Mountains Prior Island Rebuff Glacier Ricker Hills Salamander Range Victoria Land

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