Dubinin, Alexander V; Rozanov, Alexander G (2012): Rare earth and other element contents in surface layer bottom sediments and ferromanganese nodules along the Transatlantic profile [dataset publication series]. P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.783868, Supplement to: Dubinin, AV; Rozanov, AG (2001): Geochemistry of rare earth elements and thorium in sediments and ferromanganese nodules of the Atlantic Ocea. Translated from Litologiya i Poleznye Iskopaemye, 2001, 3, 311-323, Lithology and Mineral Resources, 36(3), 268-279, https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010485510346
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Abstract:
Behavior of rare earth elements (REE) and Th is studied along the Transatlantic transect at 22°N. It is shown that both REE and Th contents relative to Al (the most lithogenic element) increase toward the pelagic region. The increasing trend becomes more complicated due to variations in content of biogenic calcium carbonate that acts as a diluting component in sediments. REE composition varies symmetrically relative to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) emphasizing weak hydrothermal influence on sediments of the ridge axis, although the well-known criteria for hydrothermal contribution, such as Al/(Al+Mn+Fe) and (Fe+Mn)/Ti, do not reach critical values. Variations in REE content and composition allowed to distinguish the following five sediment zones in the transect: (I) terrigenous sediments of the Nares abyssal plain; (II) pelagic sediments of the North American Basin; (III) carbonate ooze of the MAR axis; (IV) pelagic sediments of the Canary Basin; and (V) terrigenous clay and calcareous mud of the African continental slope and slope base. Ferromanganese nodules of the hydrogenous type with extremely high Ce (up to 1801 ppm) and Th (up to 138 ppm) contents occur in pelagic sediments. It is ascertained that P, REE, and Th contents depend on Fe content in Atlantic sediments. Therefore, one can suggest that only minor amount of phosphorus is bound with bone debris. Low concentration of bone debris phosphorus is a result of relatively high sedimentation rates in the Atlantic Ocean, as compared with those in pelagic regions of the Pacific Ocean.
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Median Latitude: 21.778989 * Median Longitude: -48.120935 * South-bound Latitude: 19.743333 * West-bound Longitude: -67.158333 * North-bound Latitude: 22.471667 * East-bound Longitude: -17.980000
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AK37-3790 * Latitude: 22.471667 * Longitude: -49.005000 * Elevation: -4560.0 m * Location: North Tropical Atlantic * Campaign: AKU37 * Basis: Akademik Kurchatov * Method/Device: Multiple investigations (MULT)
AK37-3791 * Latitude: 22.466667 * Longitude: -61.300000 * Elevation: -5900.0 m * Location: North Tropical Atlantic * Campaign: AKU37 * Basis: Akademik Kurchatov * Method/Device: Multiple investigations (MULT)
AK37-3792 * Latitude: 22.415000 * Longitude: -64.116667 * Elevation: -5830.0 m * Location: North Tropical Atlantic * Campaign: AKU37 * Basis: Akademik Kurchatov * Method/Device: Multiple investigations (MULT)
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- Dubinin, AV; Rozanov, AG (2001): (Table 2) Rare earth and other element contents in surface layer bottom sediments of the Transatlantic profile. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.783865
- Dubinin, AV; Rozanov, AG (2001): (Table 3) Rare earth and other element contents in ferromanganese nodules of the Transatlantic profile. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.783866