Stevenson, J S; Stevenson, L S (1970): Analysis of Manganese nodules from the Challenger Expedition [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.849102, Supplement to: Stevenson, JS; Stevenson, LS (1970): Manganese nodules from the Challenger Expedition at Redpath Museum. original version at http://canmin.geoscienceworld.org/content/10/4/599.abstract (pdf 1.5 Mb), Canadian Mineralogist, 10(4), 599-615, hdl:10013/epic.45948.d001
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Abstract:
Manganese nodules from Stations 252 and 281 of the Challenger Expedition, collected in 1875, have recently been discovered in the Redpath Museum. The nodules have been found to be quite typical specimens of two areas in the Central Pacific Ocean except for dehydration and other changes that have taken place during storage. The principal resolvable manganese mineral in nodules from Station 252 proved to be 10 A manganite; there was a very thin surface coating of birnessite. Delta manganite was the only manganese mineral found in nodules from Station 281. Through electron microprobe studies, findings from chemical, optical and x-ray crystallographic work were correlated with the detailed picture of the occurrence and quantities of the different elements within the nodules. In all cases it was found that the iron and manganese had an antithetical relationship, and that nickel and copper were associated with the manganese. Special study was given to a 300-micron-square area in a nodule from Station 252 which included a segregation of 49.39% Mn, 5.31 % Ni, and 1.64% Cu. Crystallization of the manganese phases is thought to have provided a mech¨anism for formation of segregations which were further enriched through chemical scavenger action as long as ocean floor conditions permitted.
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Grant, John Bruce; Moore, Carla J; Alameddin, George; Chen, Kuiying; Barton, Mark (1992): The NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database. National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, https://doi.org/10.7289/V52Z13FT
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Warnken, Robin R; Virden, William T; Moore, Carla J (1992): The NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Bibliography. National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, https://doi.org/10.7289/V53X84KN
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Median Latitude: 7.758333 * Median Longitude: -155.283333 * South-bound Latitude: -22.350000 * West-bound Longitude: -160.283333 * North-bound Latitude: 37.866667 * East-bound Longitude: -150.283333
Date/Time Start: 1875-07-12T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1875-10-06T00:00:00
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CHA-252 * Latitude: 37.866667 * Longitude: -160.283333 * Date/Time: 1875-07-12T00:00:00 * Elevation: -4499.0 m * Campaign: Challenger1872 * Basis: H.M.S. Challenger (1872) * Method/Device: Grab (GRAB)
CHA-281 * Latitude: -22.350000 * Longitude: -150.283333 * Date/Time: 1875-10-06T00:00:00 * Elevation: -3916.0 m * Campaign: Challenger1872 * Basis: H.M.S. Challenger (1872) * Method/Device: Grab (GRAB)
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From 1983 until 1989 NOAA-NCEI compiled the NOAA-MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database from journal articles, technical reports and unpublished sources from other institutions. At the time it was the most extended data compilation on ferromanganese deposits world wide. Initially published in a proprietary format incompatible with present day standards it was jointly decided by AWI and NOAA to transcribe this legacy data into PANGAEA. This transfer is augmented by a careful checking of the original sources when available and the encoding of ancillary information (sample description, method of analysis...) not present in the NOAA-MMS database.
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- Stevenson, JS; Stevenson, LS (1970): (Table 1 and 2, page 602-603) Chemical composition of Challenger Expedition manganese nodules from the Redpath Museum collection. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.849100
- Stevenson, JS; Stevenson, LS (1970): (Table 3, page 608) Compositions of Fe-Mn laminations and segregations inside manganese nodules. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.849101