Rocks from the project “Earth Sciences. Structural geology"

During the II Italian Antarctic expedition (1986/87), 885 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the project "Earth Sciences. Structural geology" in northern Victoria Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic, volcanic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. The Bowers Terrane is reached for the first time. The investigated regions are within Coulman Island SS 58-60/6, Mount Melbourne SS 58-60/9, Mount Murchison SS 58-60/5, Reeves Nevé SS 55-57/12, Relief Inlet SS 58-60/13 and Sequence Hills SS 55-57/8 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
  CNR-IGG - Bruno Lombardo
Originator
  University of Milano - Attilio Montrasio
Originator
  University of Pisa - Piero Pertusati
Originator
  University of Roma Tre - Francesco Salvini
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

GCMD - Science Keywords

  • SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

  • IGNEOUS ROCKS

  • METAMORPHIC ROCKS

NASA Thesaurus

  • rocks

Lithology

  • Plutonic rock

  • Igneous material

  • Volcanic rock

  • Dolerite

  • Porphyroid

  • Basaltic rock

  • Trachyte

  • Basalt

  • Trachytic rock

  • Andesite

  • Aplite

  • Alkali feldspar granite

  • Tephra

  • Amphibolite

  • Clastic sedimentary rock

  • Cataclasite

  • Calc-silicate rock

  • Andesitic rock

  • Dacitic rock

  • Dacite

  • Fault rock

  • Dioritic rock

  • Diorite

  • Gneiss

  • Marble

  • Granite

  • Granitic rock

  • Granodiorite

  • Granulite

  • Metabasalt

  • Metamorphic rock

  • Metacarbonatic rock

  • Metagabbro

  • Metagranite

  • Orthogneiss

  • Monzodiorite

  • Pyroxenite

  • Quartz syenite

  • Migmatite

  • Mica schist

  • Migmatic rock

  • Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock

  • Pegmatite

  • Phyllite

  • Quartz diorite

  • Quartz monzodiorite

  • Schist

  • Quartzite

  • Sandstone

  • Sedimentary rock

  • Tonalite

  • Ultramafic rock

  • Syenitic rock

GCMD - Instruments

  • Grabbers/Traps/Collectors

GCMD - Locations

  • ANTARCTICA

SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica

  • Andersson Ridge

  • Bier Point

  • Adélie Cove

  • Andrus Point

  • Aviator Glacier

  • Arrowhead Range

  • Victoria Land

  • Archambault Ridge

  • Boomerang Glacier

  • Browning Pass

  • Campbell Glacier

  • Cape King

  • Cape Reynolds

  • Finley Glacier

  • Cape Philippi

  • Black Ridge

  • Capsize Glacier

  • Corner Glacier

  • Hughes Bluff

  • Cape Irizar

  • Illusion Hills

  • Daughtery Peaks

  • Dessent Ridge

  • Kay Island

  • Miller Nunatak

  • Cape Sastrugi

  • Hayes Head

  • Gerlache Inlet

  • Mount Borgstrom

  • Mount Baxter

  • Mount Browning

  • Mount Cavaney

  • Mount Dickason

  • Mount Bellingshausen

  • Mount Emison

  • Gray Rock

  • Mount Murchison

  • Mount Neumayer

  • Mount Abbott

  • McCarthy Ridge

  • Mount Larsen

  • Burns Glacier

  • Nathan Hills

  • Mount Moriarty

  • Mount Melbourne

  • Mount Burrows

  • Tantalus Peak

  • Mount Queensland

  • Shield Nunatak

  • Ogden Heights

  • Rainey Glacier

  • Teall Nunatak

  • Pinckard Table

  • Shoemaker Glacier

  • Szanto Spur

  • Wood Ridge

  • Wood Bay

  • Vegetation Island

  • Styx Glacier

  • Tethys Bay

  • Eisenhower Range

  • Foolsmate Glacier

  • Timber Peak

  • Mount Brabec

  • Spatulate Ridge

  • Mount Levick

  • Mount Jiracek

  • Inexpressible Island

  • Deep Freeze Range

  • Mesa Range

  • Northern Foothills

  • Mount McGee

  • Mountaineer Range

  • Mount New Zealand

  • Mount Meister

  • Reeves Névé

  • Prince Albert Mountains

  • Priestley Glacier

  • Thern Promontory

  • The Boil

  • Southern Cross Mountains

  • Random Hills

  • Tourmaline Plateau

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
II 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
1986-12-23
End date
1987-02-09 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
Earth Sciences. Structural geology. ( 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
cc4fa1bc-ef9f-48a8-81ad-eb52f92e8e70 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2024-10-02T13:07:19
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 granite Amphibolite Andesite Andesitic rock Aplite Basalt Basaltic rock Calc-silicate rock Cataclasite Clastic sedimentary rock Dacite Dacitic rock Diorite Dioritic rock Dolerite Fault rock Gneiss Granite Granitic rock Granodiorite Granulite Igneous material Marble Metabasalt Metacarbonatic rock Metagabbro Metagranite Metamorphic rock Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock Mica schist Migmatic rock Migmatite Monzodiorite Orthogneiss Pegmatite Phyllite Plutonic rock Porphyroid Pyroxenite Quartz diorite Quartz monzodiorite Quartz syenite Quartzite Sandstone Schist Sedimentary rock Syenitic rock Tephra Tonalite Trachyte Trachytic rock Ultramafic rock Volcanic rock
NASA Thesaurus
rocks
Research Organization
MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide
SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica
Adélie Cove Andersson Ridge Andrus Point Archambault Ridge Arrowhead Range Aviator Glacier Bier Point Black Ridge Boomerang Glacier Browning Pass Burns Glacier Campbell Glacier Cape Irizar Cape King Cape Philippi Cape Reynolds Cape Sastrugi Capsize Glacier Corner Glacier Daughtery Peaks Deep Freeze Range Dessent Ridge Eisenhower Range Finley Glacier Foolsmate Glacier Gerlache Inlet Gray Rock Hayes Head Hughes Bluff Illusion Hills Inexpressible Island Kay Island McCarthy Ridge Mesa Range Miller Nunatak Mount Abbott Mount Baxter Mount Bellingshausen Mount Borgstrom Mount Brabec Mount Browning Mount Burrows Mount Cavaney Mount Dickason Mount Emison Mount Jiracek Mount Larsen Mount Levick Mount McGee Mount Meister Mount Melbourne Mount Moriarty Mount Murchison Mount Neumayer Mount New Zealand Mount Queensland Mountaineer Range Nathan Hills Northern Foothills Ogden Heights Pinckard Table Priestley Glacier Prince Albert Mountains Rainey Glacier Random Hills Reeves Névé Shield Nunatak Shoemaker Glacier Southern Cross Mountains Spatulate Ridge Styx Glacier Szanto Spur Tantalus Peak Teall Nunatak Tethys Bay The Boil Thern Promontory Timber Peak Tourmaline Plateau Vegetation Island Victoria Land Wood Bay Wood Ridge

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