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Baturin, Gleb N (2002): Composition of phosphorites from continental margins, seamounts, and islands [dataset publication series]. P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.783454, Supplement to: Baturin, GN (2002): Manganese and molybdenum in phosphorites from the ocean. Translated from Litologiya i Poleznye Iskopaemye, 2002, 5, 474-493, Lithology and Mineral Resources, 37(5), 412-428, https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020216131753

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Published: 2002 (exact date unknown) • DOI registered: 2012-06-29

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Abstract:
Behavior of molybdenum and manganese is studied in phosphorite samples from shelves, seamounts, and islands of the ocean. In shelf phosphorites molybdenum and manganese contents are 2-128 and 12-1915 ppm, respectively, while the Mo/Mn ratio varies from 0.004 to 4.5. Phosphorites from ocean seamounts impregnated with ferromanganese oxyhydroxides contain 0.84-14.5 ppm Mo and 0.1-17% Mn. The Mo/Mn ratio varies within 0.0008-0.004. Phosphate bearing ferromanganese crusts overlying seamount phosphorites contain 54-798 ppm Mo and 10-20% Mn; the Mo/Mn ratio varies within 0.002-0.005. Corresponding values for most island phosphorites are 0.44-11.2 ppm, 27-287 ppm, and 0.008-0.20. Phosphorites from reduced environment are characterized by relative enrichment in Mo and depletion in Mn, whereas the Mo/Mn ratio reaches maximum values. The ratio decreases with transition to suboxic and oxic conditions. Molybdenum content in recent shelf sediments is commonly higher than that in authigenic phosphorites from these sediments. Recent phosphorite nodules from the Namibian shelf become depleted in Mo and Mn during their lithification, but Pliocene-Pleistocene nodules of similar composition and origin from the same region are enriched in Mo and characterized by variable Mn content. Higher Mo contents in phosphate bearing ferromanganese crusts result from coprecipitation of Mo and Mn from seawater. Unweathered phosphorites on continents and phosphorites from ocean shelves are largely enriched in Mo with the Mo/Mn ratio varying from 0.01 to 1.0. This is an evidence of their formation in reduced conditions.
Project(s):
Archive of Ocean Data (ARCOD)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -6.673782 * Median Longitude: 179.664083 * South-bound Latitude: -35.820000 * West-bound Longitude: 22.480000 * North-bound Latitude: 32.120000 * East-bound Longitude: -21.744000
Date/Time Start: 1970-06-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1970-07-01T00:00:00
Event(s):
AfIs * Latitude: -4.880000 * Longitude: 53.400000 * Location: Indian Ocean * Method/Device: Multiple investigations (MULT)
AguPt * Latitude: -35.820000 * Longitude: 22.480000 * Elevation: -500.0 m * Location: Agulhas Plateau * Method/Device: Multiple investigations (MULT)
AsIs * Latitude: -10.850000 * Longitude: 47.720000 * Location: Indian Ocean * Method/Device: Multiple investigations (MULT)
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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Datasets listed in this publication series

  1. Baturin, GN (2002): (Table 2) Composition of phosphorites from submarine continental margins. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.783451
  2. Baturin, GN (2002): (Table 3) Composition of phosphorites and associated ferromanganese crusts from Pacific seamounts. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.783452
  3. Baturin, GN (2002): (Table 4) Composition of island phosphorites. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.783453