Rocks, sediments and fossils from the project “Climate and tectonic forcings on sediment dispersal in the West Antarctic Rift System of South Victoria Land: a source-to-sink, multi-proxy provenance study" (PNRA 2013/AZ2.08)

During the XXX and XXXI Italian Antarctic expeditions (2014/15, 2015/16), 713 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the project "Climate and tectonic forcings on sediment dispersal in the West Antarctic Rift System of South Victoria Land: a source-to-sink, multi-proxy provenance study" in northern and southern Victoria Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic, volcanic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, fossils and sediments. The investigated regions are within Convoy Range ST 57-60/1, Franklin Island ST 57-60/2*, Mount Discovery ST 57-60/10, Mount Harmsworth ST 57-60/9, Mount Joyce SS 55-57/16, Mount Melbourne SS 58-60/9, Mount Murchison SS 58-60/5, Reeves Névé SS 55-57/12, Ross Island ST 57-60/6* and Taylor Glacier ST 57-60/5 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 - Franco Talarico
Originator
  MNA - Sonia Sandroni
Originator
  University of Siena - Gianluca Cornamusini
Originator
  University of Siena - Matteo Perotti
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

GCMD - Science Keywords

  • IGNEOUS ROCKS

  • METAMORPHIC ROCKS

  • SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

  • MACROFOSSILS

  • SEDIMENTS

NASA Thesaurus

  • rocks

  • fossils

  • glacial drift

  • sediments

  • moraines

Lithology

  • Igneous material

  • Pyroclastics

  • Amphibolite

  • Aplite

  • Basalt

  • Basaltic rock

  • Biochemical-biogenic sedimentary rock

  • Breccia

  • Calc-schist

  • Calc-silicate rock

  • Carbonate sedimentary rock

  • Chert

  • Clastic sediment

  • Clastic sedimentary rock

  • Coal

  • Conglomerate

  • Diamictite

  • Diamicton

  • Diorite

  • Dioritic rock

  • Dolomite

  • Gabbro

  • Gabbroic rock

  • Gneiss

  • Granite

  • Granitic rock

  • Granodiorite

  • Gravel

  • Graywacke

  • Limestone

  • Marble

  • Metabasalt

  • Metacarbonatic rock

  • Metagabbro

  • Metagranite

  • Metamorphic rock

  • Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock

  • Migmatic rock

  • Migmatite

  • Organic sedimentary rock

  • Orthogneiss

  • Peat

  • Pegmatite

  • Plutonic rock

  • Porphyroid

  • Pyroclastic rock

  • Quartzite

  • Sand

  • Sandstone

  • Schist

  • Sediment

  • Sedimentary rock

  • Siltstone

  • Slate

  • Tonalite

  • Tuff

  • Volcanic rock

  • Ultramafic rock

  • Wacke

GCMD - Instruments

  • Grabbers/Traps/Collectors

GCMD - Locations

  • ANTARCTICA

SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica

  • Mount Crean

  • Asgard Range

  • Black Ridge

  • Allan Hills

  • Victoria Land

  • Andersson Ridge

  • Benson Knob

  • Finger Mountain

  • Elkhorn Ridge

  • McMurdo Dry Valleys

  • Cape Chocolate

  • Kitticarrara Glacier

  • Kennar Valley

  • Howchin Glacier

  • Hobbs Glacier

  • Garwood Valley

  • Mount Doorly

  • Minna Bluff

  • Lashly Mountains

  • Lake Vanda

  • Baronick Glacier

  • Nickell Peak

  • Brimstone Peak

  • Mount Nansen

  • Mount Ritchie

  • Mount Metschel

  • Skelton Glacier

  • Ross Ice Shelf

  • Quartermain Mountains

  • Cocks Glacier

  • Archambault Ridge

  • Cape Ross

  • David Glacier

  • Deep Freeze Range

  • Skelton Névé

  • Blue Glacier

  • Walcott Glacier

  • Walcott Bay

  • Taylor Glacier

  • Foolsmate Glacier

  • Gandalf Ridge

  • Convoy Range

  • Elephant Moraine

  • Kukri Hills

  • Koettlitz Glacier

  • Victoria Valley

  • Inexpressible Island

  • Eisenhower Range

  • Miers Valley

  • Evans Piedmont Glacier

  • Warren Range

  • Lowry Bluff

  • Mount Dickason

  • Hollingsworth Glacier

  • Ford Peak

  • Mount Carson

  • Morris Basin

  • Thern Promontory

  • Mount Morning

  • Marshall Valley

  • Mount Fleming

  • Priestley Glacier

  • Royal Society Range

  • Prince Albert Mountains

  • Mount Cocks

  • O'Kane Canyon

  • Nussbaum Riegel

  • Stewart Heights

  • Wright Valley

  • Skinner Ridge

  • Southern Cross Mountains

  • Pudding Butte

  • Trio Nunataks

  • The Mitten

GCMD - Providers

  • IT/PNRA

  • IT/MNA

Research Organization

  • MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide
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
2015-01-03
End date
2016-01-04 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
Climate and tectonic forcings on sediment dispersal in the West Antarctic Rift System of South Victoria Land: a source-to-sink, multi-proxy provenance study ( 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
d1b99a83-6705-4d12-b3b6-86c261a68db7 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2024-10-18T08:15:18
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 MACROFOSSILS METAMORPHIC ROCKS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS SEDIMENTS
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Geology
Lithology
Amphibolite Aplite Basalt Basaltic rock Biochemical-biogenic sedimentary rock Breccia Calc-schist Calc-silicate rock Carbonate sedimentary rock Chert Clastic sediment Clastic sedimentary rock Coal Conglomerate Diamictite Diamicton Diorite Dioritic rock Dolomite Gabbro Gabbroic rock Gneiss Granite Granitic rock Granodiorite Gravel Graywacke Igneous material Limestone Marble Metabasalt Metacarbonatic rock Metagabbro Metagranite Metamorphic rock Metasiliciclastic sedimentary rock Migmatic rock Migmatite Organic sedimentary rock Orthogneiss Peat Pegmatite Plutonic rock Porphyroid Pyroclastic rock Pyroclastics Quartzite Sand Sandstone Schist Sediment Sedimentary rock Siltstone Slate Tonalite Tuff Ultramafic rock Volcanic rock Wacke
NASA Thesaurus
fossils glacial drift moraines rocks sediments
Research Organization
MNA - Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide
SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica
Allan Hills Andersson Ridge Archambault Ridge Asgard Range Baronick Glacier Benson Knob Black Ridge Blue Glacier Brimstone Peak Cape Chocolate Cape Ross Cocks Glacier Convoy Range David Glacier Deep Freeze Range Eisenhower Range Elephant Moraine Elkhorn Ridge Evans Piedmont Glacier Finger Mountain Foolsmate Glacier Ford Peak Gandalf Ridge Garwood Valley Hobbs Glacier Hollingsworth Glacier Howchin Glacier Inexpressible Island Kennar Valley Kitticarrara Glacier Koettlitz Glacier Kukri Hills Lake Vanda Lashly Mountains Lowry Bluff Marshall Valley McMurdo Dry Valleys Miers Valley Minna Bluff Morris Basin Mount Carson Mount Cocks Mount Crean Mount Dickason Mount Doorly Mount Fleming Mount Metschel Mount Morning Mount Nansen Mount Ritchie Nickell Peak Nussbaum Riegel O'Kane Canyon Priestley Glacier Prince Albert Mountains Pudding Butte Quartermain Mountains Ross Ice Shelf Royal Society Range Skelton Glacier Skelton Névé Skinner Ridge Southern Cross Mountains Stewart Heights Taylor Glacier The Mitten Thern Promontory Trio Nunataks Victoria Land Victoria Valley Walcott Bay Walcott Glacier Warren Range Wright Valley

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