The Sorting Centre of National Museum of Antarctica in Trieste, is a national repository for marine geological materials collected in Antarctica.
The facility houses 742 meters of deep-sea geological core samples recovered
from the Antarctic continent and peri-antarctic areas.
Facility services include:
• curation of the exisiting collection;
• receipt and x-ray processing of new cores;
• core description and publication of core descriptions;
• distribution of samples from the collection to authorized investigators
And the maintenance of:
1. a core and sample database;
2. an Antarctic geology and marine geology reference library.
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The building that houses the Sorting Centre of the National Museum of Antarctica is designed for the storage and processing of marine geological core samples. Once the cores reach the facility they are x-ray processed, described, and then stored in the refrigerated vault.
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Samples from the collection are then distributed to investigators worldwide
upon request.
In addition to the space necessary for these basic tasks, the facility houses a variety of equipment to enable visiting investigators to carry out additional analyses on the cores. This equipment includes:
1. Leica MZ125 high-performance stereomicroscope with
digital camcorder;
2. Digital and analog core photography;
3. Fume hoods;
4. Standard sediment processing facilities