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    During the XXX and XXXI Italian Antarctic expeditions (2014/15, 2015/16), 387 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the project "Tectonic inheritance in northern Victoria Land: the role of Paleozoic discontinuities in recent geodynamic evolution and the influence in the establishment of the Antarctic glaciation" in northern Victoria Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic, volcanic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks and fossil woods. The investigated regions are within Coulman Island SS 58-60/6, Daniels Range SR 57-58/14, Ebbe Glacier SR 57-58/16, 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, Pomerantz Tableland SR 57-58/10 and Relief Inlet SS 58-60/13 USGS sheets.

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    During the XXXIV Italian Antarctic expedition (2018/19), 16 rocks have been sampled within the aim of “G-IDEA” project in northern Victoria Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic, volcanic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. The investigated regions are within Daniels Range SR 57-58/14, Mount Soza SR 57-58/15, Ob' Bay SR 57-58/11 and Pomerantz Tableland SR 57-58/10 USGS sheets. Project: Geodynamics and Ice Dynamics in the East Antarctica.

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    MNA (Section of Genoa) and NIWA Invertebrate Collection - Ross Sea Tanaidacea

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    During the XII Italian Antarctic expedition (1996/97), 529 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the GIGAMAP project in northern Victoria Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic, volcanic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks and fossil woods. The investigated regions are within Cape Hallett SS 58-60/2, Coulman Island SS 58-60/6, 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, Relief Inlet SS 58-60/13 and Sequence Hills SS 55-57/8 USGS sheets. Project: German Italian Geologic Antarctic Map Programme.

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    During the XXXVII Italian Antarctic expedition (2021/22), 88 rocks have been sampled within the aim of “LARK” project in northern Victoria Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic, volcanic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. The investigated regions are within Daniels Range SR 57-58/14, Freyberg Mountains SS 58-60/1, Mount Melbourne SS 58-60/9, Mount Murchison SS 58-60/5, Mount Soza SR 57-58/15, Sequence Hills SS 55-57/8 and Welcome Mountain SS 55-57/4 USGS sheets. Project: Linking the Aviator and Rennick Glacier Kinematics.

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    During the XIX Italian Antarctic expedition (2003/04), 100 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the WIBEM project in northern Victoria Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic and metamorphic rocks. The investigated regions are within Daniels Range SR 57-58/14, Sequence Hills SS 55-57/8 and Welcome Mountain SS 55-57/4 USGS sheets. Project: WIBEM (Wilkes Basin Eastern Margin): geophysical exploration of the eastern margin of the Wilkes Basin.

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    During the III Italian Antarctic expedition (1987/88), 33 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the project "Geomagnetism" in northern Victoria Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic, volcanic and metamorphic rocks. The investigated regions are within Mount Melbourne SS 58-60/9 USGS sheet.

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    During the XXI Italian Antarctic expedition (2005/06), 139 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the WISE project in northern Victoria Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic, volcanic and metamorphic rocks. The investigated regions are within Cape Hallett SS 58-60/2, Daniels Range SR 57-58/14, Freyberg Mountains SS 58-60/1, Mount Soza SR 57-58/15, Ob' Bay SR 57-58/11 and Pomerantz Tableland SR 57-58/10 USGS sheets. Project: Wilkes Basin/Transantarctic Mountains System Exploration.

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    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.

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    During the XV Italian Antarctic expedition (1999/2000), 213 rocks have been sampled within the aim of the BACKTAM project in Oates Land and George V Land. They include intrusive, subvolcanic, volcanic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. The investigated regions are within Australian Antarctic Territory - Ross Dependency - Sr57-58, Australian Antarctic Territory - Sq55-56, Australian Antarctic Territory - Sr55-56 and Australian Antarctic Territory - Terre Adelie - Sq53-54 sheets. Project: Backside of the Transantarctic Mountains.