Geological, geomorphological and geophysical mapping

Acronym
PNRA_geology
Code
PNRA_1998/1998
Anno
1998
Research area
Earth science
Specific research topic
Rilevamento geologico
Region of interest
Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica
Project website
PI
Piero Pertusati
PI establishment
Università di PIisa
Institutional website
https://www.dsfta.unipi.it/
Other institutions and subjects involved
Consistency of the research team
Piero Pertusati e Giovanni Musumeci (Università di Pisa)
Project status
Completed
Main stations used
MZS
The project

L’attività di cartografia geologica è finalizzata all’allestimento e alla stampa di carte geologiche della Terra Vittoria settentrionale sulla base dei fogli geografici dell’U.S.G.S. in scala 1:250.000. L’attività è indirizzata soprattutto al rilevamento geologico su un’ampia area e riguarda i fogli Freyberg Mountains, Mount Melbourne, Mount Joyce, Relief Inlet e Sequence Hills. Al rilevamento geologico verrà affiancato lo studio strutturale e il campionamento di rocce significative.
Location: Terra Nova Bay station 
 

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  • Motivation, importance of research
    Objectives of the proposal
    Activities carried out and results achieved
    Products
    • 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.
      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 Qudrangle (Victoria Land). Antarctic Geological 1:250,000 Map Series.
    • Musumeci G. (1999) Magmatic belts accretionary margins, a key for tectonic evolution: the Tonalite Belt of North Victoria Land (East Antarctica). J. Geol. Soc. 156, 177-189.
    • Musumeci G., Kramers J. and Pertusati P.C. (2000) Early Ordovician terrane accretion along the Gondwanian margin of the East Antarctic Craton: new Pb/Pb titanite ages from the Tonalite Belt, North Victoria Land, Antarctica. Terra Nova 12(1), 35-41.