Geological mapping of the Ross Sea area

Acronym
PNRA_geology
Code
PNRA_1993/1994
Anno
1993
Research area
Earth science
Specific research topic
Rilevamento geologico
Region of interest
Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica
Project website
PI
Piero Pertusati
PI establishment
Università di Pisa
Institutional website
https://www.dst.unipi.it/
Other institutions and subjects involved
Università di Siena e Università di Genova
Consistency of the research team
Piero Pertusati, Rodolfo Carosi e Giovanni Musumeci (Università di Pisa), Giovanni Capponi (Università di Genova), Marco Meccheri (Università di Siena)
Project status
Completed
Main stations used
MZS
The project

"Il progetto di cartografia prevede il completamento dei fogli Freiberg Mountains e Cape Hallett, e controlli in zona Dessent Ridge nel foglio Coulman Island. Nella regione a sud della Stazione Baia Terra Nova si dovranno completare i fogli Mount Joyce e Relief Inlet.

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    • Giorgetti G., Frezzotti M.L., Carosi R., Meccheri M. and Touret J.L.R. (1997) Carbonic fluid evolution in syntectonic veins in metapelites and marbles from Priestley Formation (northern Victoria Land, Antarctica). In: Ricci C.A. (ed.), The Antarctic Region: Geological Evolution and Processes, 279-282.
    • Capponi G. , Meccheri M. , Pertusati P.C. et al (2012) Freyberg Mountains Quadrangle (Victoria Land). Antarctic Geological 1:250,000 Map Series.
    • Carosi R. , Meccheri M. , Musumeci G. , Pertusati P.C. et al. (2012) Sequence Hills Quadrangle (Victoria Land). Antarctic Geological 1:250,000 Map Series.
    • Capponi G. , Meccheri M. , Pertusati P.C. et al. (1997) Mount Murchison Quadrangle (Victoria Land). Antarctic Geological 1:250,000 Map Series.
    • Capponi G. , Meccheri M. , Oggiano G. et al (1997) Coulman Island Quadrangle (Victoria Land). Antarctic Geological 1:250,000 Map Series.
    • Casnedi R. , Pertusati P.C. , Salvini F.et al. (2012) Reeves Névé Quadrangle (Victoria Land). Antarctic Geological 1:250,000 Map Series.
    • Pertusati P.C. , Musumeci G. , Carosi R. , Meccheri M. et al. (2012) Mount Melbourne Quadrangle (Victoria Land). Antarctic Geological 1:250,000 Map Series.
    • Capponi G. , Crispini L. , Meccheri M. , Musumeci G. , Pertusati P.C. et al. (1999) Mount Joyce Quadrangle (Victoria Land). Antarctic Geological 1:250,000 Map Series.
    • Capponi G. , Crispini L. , Meccheri M. , Musumeci G. , Pertusati P.C. et al. (1999) Relief Inlet Quadrangle (Victoria Land). Antarctic Geological 1:250,000 Map Series.