Earth Sciences. Structural geology

Acronym
PNRA_geology
Code
PNRA_1986/1987
Anno
1986
Research area
Earth science
Specific research topic
Geological survey
Region of interest
Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica
Project website
PI
Bruno Lombardo
PI establishment
CNR-IGG
Institutional website
https://www.dsfta.unisi.it/it
Other institutions and subjects involved
Università di Milano, Università di Pisa e Università di Roma Tre
Consistency of the research team
Bruno Lombardo (Responsabile, CNR-IGG), Attilio Montrasio (Università di Milano), Piero Pertusati (Università di Pisa) e Francesco Salvini (Università di Roma Tre)
Project status
Completed
Main stations used
MZS
The project

The main objectives are: 1. completion of sampling for petrological, geochemical and geochronological researches; 2. elaboration of a photogeological map of the region between the David Glacier to the south, the ice plateau to the West and the Mountaineer Range to the NE; 3. preliminary geological remote sensing from satellite images. In particular, in the area already covered during the 1985/86 campaign, observations and sampling were intensified, in order to acquire data sufficient for the preparation of a preliminary geological map, which combine field observations carried out so far with data from photointerpretation of aerial and satellite images. The aim is to distinguish, in the map, the different metasedimentary sequences from the lower metamorphic grade to the high grade including granulites, discovered during the past campaign, and to understand the relationships with the intrusive magmatic rocks.
>Finpolaris ship and field camp at Terra Nova Bay
 

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    Activities carried out and results achieved
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    • Caironi V. (1988) Preliminary results on the characterization of the Granite Harbour Intrusives (Victoria Land, Antarctica) through zircon typology data. Mem. Soc. Geol. It. 43, 77-86.
       
    • Capponi G., Messiga B., Piccardo G.B., Scambelluri M., Traverso G. and Vannucci R. (1988) Metamorphic assemblages in layered amphibolites and micaschists from the Dessent Formation (Mountaineer Range, Antarctica). Mem. Soc. Geol. It. 43, 87-95.
       
    • Ghezzo C., Baldelli C., Biagini R., Carmignani L., Di Vincenzo G., Gosso G., Lelli A., Lombardo B., Montrasio A., Pertusati P.C. and Salvini F. (1987) Granitoids from the David Glacier-Aviator Glacier segment of the Transantarctic Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Mem. Soc. Geol. It. 33, 143-159.
       
    • Lombardo B., Cappelli B., Carmignani L., Gosso G., Turbanti I., Montrasio A., Palmeri R., Pannuti F., Pertusati P.C., Ricci C.A., Salvini F. and Talarico F. (1987) The metamorphic rocks of the Wilson Terrane between David and Mariner Glaciers, North Victoria Land, Antarctica. Mem. Soc. Geol. It. 33, 99-130.