Skornyakova, Nadezhda S; Zenkevich, Nikita L (1976): (Table 3) Nodule abundance on the bottom surface of deep-sea basins, data of underwater photos [dataset]. P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.734995, In supplement to: Bezrukov, Panteleimon L; Skornyakova, Nadezhda S; Murdmaa, Ivar O; Andrushchenko, Polina F; Zenkevich, Nikita L (1976): Ferromanganese Nodules of the Pacific Ocean. P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Transactions, vol. 109. Moscow, Nauka Publ. (P.L. Bezrukov, Ed.), 301 pp
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Coverage:
Median Latitude: 4.428893 * Median Longitude: -161.319997 * South-bound Latitude: -26.516700 * West-bound Longitude: 153.150000 * North-bound Latitude: 26.850000 * East-bound Longitude: -80.033300
Date/Time Start: 1959-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1968-04-24T00:00:00
Minimum Elevation: -6145.0 m * Maximum Elevation: -3720.0 m
Event(s):
AK4-227-PH * Latitude: -5.950000 * Longitude: -84.883300 * Elevation: -4160.0 m * Location: Equatorial Pacific * Campaign: AKU4 * Basis: Akademik Kurchatov * Method/Device: Photo/Video (PV)
AK4-232-PH * Latitude: -12.483300 * Longitude: -87.900000 * Elevation: -4200.0 m * Location: Southeast Pacific * Campaign: AKU4 * Basis: Akademik Kurchatov * Method/Device: Photo/Video (PV)
AK4-259-PH * Latitude: -23.250000 * Longitude: -80.033300 * Elevation: -3720.0 m * Location: Southeast Pacific * Campaign: AKU4 * Basis: Akademik Kurchatov * Method/Device: Photo/Video (PV)
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | ||||
| 2 | Latitude of event | Latitude | ||||
| 3 | Longitude of event | Longitude | ||||
| 4 | Elevation of event | Elevation | m | |||
| 5 | Area/locality | Area | Skornyakova, Nadezhda S | |||
| 6 | Number of observations | NOBS | # | Skornyakova, Nadezhda S | number of photos | |
| 7 | Area | Area | m2 | Skornyakova, Nadezhda S | area covered by a photo | |
| 8 | Position | Position | Skornyakova, Nadezhda S | of relief | ||
| 9 | Percentage | Perc | % | Skornyakova, Nadezhda S | Areameter | of the bottom surface covered by nodules, minimal |
| 10 | Percentage | Perc | % | Skornyakova, Nadezhda S | Areameter | of the bottom surface covered by nodules, maximal |
| 11 | Abundance | Abund | Skornyakova, Nadezhda S | Estimated | of nodules on the bottom surface (kg/m**2) | |
| 12 | Description | Description | Skornyakova, Nadezhda S | of photos |
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Data
| 1 Event | 2 Latitude | 3 Longitude | 4 Elevation [m] | 5 Area | 6 NOBS [#] (number of photos) | 7 Area [m2] (area covered by a photo) | 8 Position (of relief) | 9 Perc [%] (of the bottom surface covered...) | 10 Perc [%] (of the bottom surface covered...) | 11 Abund (of nodules on the bottom surf...) | 12 Description (of photos) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VITYAZ3630-PH | 22.0000 | 153.9167 | -5733 | Northwestern Basin | 8 | 2.5 | undulating plain | 5 | 5 | scattered small nodules | |
| VITYAZ3782-PH | 23.9167 | -173.6500 | -4920 | Northwestern Basin | 4 | 4.0 | abissal plain | sporadic nodules | |||
| VITYAZ4347-PH | 24.0167 | 174.9833 | -5383 | Northwestern Basin | 8 | 4.0 | slope of a large hill, H=800 m | 35 | 50 | 8.4-12.0 | oval and oval-flattened nodules (3-4 cm; rare - up to 10 cm) |
| VITYAZ4359-PH | 24.0167 | 163.0333 | -5573 | Northwestern Basin | 6 | 4.0 | slope of a hill, H=250 m | 45 | 60 | 16.2-21.6 | spheroidal, less - platy nodules (4-8 cm) |
| VITYAZ4370-PH | 26.0667 | 153.8167 | -6145 | Northwestern Basin | 5 | 4.0 | lowering between gently sloping hills | <3 | sporadic nodules (3-5 cm) | ||
| VITYAZ6008 | 23.4500 | 171.9000 | -5785 | Northwestern Basin | 17 | 4.0 | abissal plain | 2 | 15 | scattered small (2-4 cm) angular nodules | |
| VITYAZ6015-PH | 26.8500 | 165.3667 | -5870 | Northwestern Basin | 16 | 4.0 | undulating plain | 7 | 30 | 1.9-8.4 | oval and oval-flattened nodules (2-6 cm) |
| VITYAZ4239-PH | 24.9167 | -144.2000 | -5190 | Eastern Basin | 6 | 4.0 | lowering between gently sloping hills | <5 | sporadic small nodules | ||
| VITYAZ4249-PH | 24.9167 | -132.3000 | -4975 | Eastern Basin | 7 | 4.0 | slope of a hill, H=600m | 10 | 35 | 3.5-11.9 | rock outcrops covered by Fe-Mn crust, then small platy nodules and tuff plates |
| VITYAZ4261-PH | 24.9667 | -117.8333 | -3765 | Eastern Basin | 11 | 4.0 | foot of a hill | <5 | sporadic small nodules | ||
| VITYAZ4273-PH | 20.0000 | -113.9500 | -3778 | Eastern Basin | 10 | 4.0 | slope of a hill, H=350 m | 30 | 50 | 9-Jun | large spheroidal nodules (5-8 cm) |
| VITYAZ4279-PH | 19.8000 | -120.2667 | -4104 | Eastern Basin | 8 | 4.0 | upper part of a hill slope, H=150 m | 35 | 50 | 9.4-13.5 | platy nodules (3-5 cm) and plates (up to 30 cm) of hyaloclastic tuffs covered by Fe-Mn crust |
| VITYAZ4285-PH | 19.9500 | -126.1000 | -4545 | Eastern Basin | 8 | 4.0 | top of a hill, H=100 m | 15 | 35 | 2.5-5.9 | platy and lumpy small nodules (2-4 cm) |
| VITYAZ5074-PH | 10.5000 | -140.0000 | -4840 | Eastern Basin | 4 | 2.2 | foot of a gently sloping hill | 10 | 45 | a lot of lumpy and platy nodules (2-10 cm) | |
| VITYAZ5096-PH | -2.1000 | -139.8833 | -4400 | Eastern Basin | 4 | 2.2 | slope of a hill, H=450 m | 3 | 3 | sporadic small nodules | |
| VITYAZ5982-PH | -14.3333 | 153.1500 | -4900 | Central Basin | 18 | 4.0 | gentle slope of a hill | 11 | 36 | 4.6-15.0 | spheroidal nodules (2-10 cm) |
| VITYAZ5983-PH | -12.1667 | 155.1500 | -5100 | Central Basin | 17 | 4.0 | top of a hill, H=150 m | 3 | 5 | 0.4-0.7 | sporadic nodules (2-4 cm) |
| VITYAZ5984-PH | -11.1000 | 155.9500 | -5300 | Central Basin | 18 | 4.0 | slope of a small hill, H=10 m | 10 | 32 | a lot of small platy nodules (2-4 cm, rare - up to 8 cm) | |
| VITYAZ6405-PH | -10.5167 | 170.0833 | -3940 | Vityaz Trench | 24 | 15.0 | southwestern slope of the Vityaz Trench | rock outcrops, disintegrated blocks covered by hydroxide crust; sediments in rock depressions; accumulations of platy nodules (5-20 cm) visible on one photo | |||
| VITYAZ6408-PH | -10.1000 | 169.8500 | -5120 | Vityaz Trench | 32 | 15.0 | southwestern slope of the Vityaz Trench | 0 | 25 | platy nodules (3-10 cm) at section begin; their absence at section end | |
| VITYAZ3632-PH | 17.6333 | 153.9000 | -5718 | Eastern Mariana Basin | 5 | 2.5 | plain by a hill foot | 10 | 50 | 1.4-7.0 | platy nodules and plates (from 2-3 cm to 30 cm) |
| VITYAZ3635-PH | 10.8667 | 153.8333 | -5820 | Eastern Mariana Basin | 5 | 2.5 | plain by a hill foot | scattered small nodules | |||
| VITYAZ5960-PH | -26.5167 | -163.7333 | -5390 | Southern Basin | 8 | 4.0 | middle part of a hill slope, H=500 m | 25 | 40 | 4.7-7.6 | a lot of small oval nodules (2-5 cm) |
| VITYAZ5962-PH | -24.9667 | -161.3500 | -4500 | Southern Basin | 12 | 4.0 | upper part of a hill slope | rock outcrops covered by Fe-Mn crust; accumulations of rounded nodules (3-5 cm) in depressions | |||
| VITYAZ5966-PH | -20.0167 | -163.1167 | -4900 | Southern Basin | 8 | 4.0 | top of a small hill, H=100 m | 27 | 50 | 14.0-26.0 | a lot of flattened nodules (2-25 cm) |
| VITYAZ5975-PH | -19.1000 | -153.2500 | -4550 | Southern Basin | 20 | 4.0 | top of a small hill, H=150 m | 80 | 90 | 37.0-42.0 | almost continuous cover of shperoidal nodules (4-6 cm) |
| VITYAZ5977-PH | -18.4000 | -152.0833 | -4090 | Southern Basin | 20 | 4.0 | foot of a large seamount | sand with ripple marks, accumulations of small dark forms (probably nodules); individual rock outcrops | |||
| AK4-227-PH | -5.9500 | -84.8833 | -4160 | Chile Basin | 15 | 2.5 | depression between gently sloping hills | scattered small nodules | |||
| AK4-232-PH | -12.4833 | -87.9000 | -4200 | Peru Basin | 16 | 2.5 | lower part of a hill slope, H=300 m | a lot of rounded nodules (3-10 cm), angular plates (up to 30-40 cm); rock outcrops visible on two photos | |||
| AK4-259-PH | -23.2500 | -80.0333 | -3720 | Peru Basin | 17 | 2.5 | top surface of a large hill, H=800 m | 65 | 90 | almost continuous cover of small similar sized (2-3 cm) nodules |