During the XVIII and XIX Italian Antarctic expeditions (2002/03, 2003/04), 668 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the project "Lithospheric discontinuities in Victoria Land. Geochemical-geochronological-structural study of lower Paleozoic igneous rocks and their bearings on the accretion and long-term evolution of the Antarctic plate" in northern and southern Victoria Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic, volcanic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. The investigated regions are within Coulman Island SS 58-60/6, Freyberg Mountains SS 58-60/1, Mount Melbourne SS 58-60/9, Mount Murchison SS 58-60/5, Mount Soza SR 57-58/15, Ross Island ST 57-60/6*, Sequence Hills SS 55-57/8, Taylor Glacier ST 57-60/5 and Yule Bay SR 57-58/12 USGS sheets.

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.