Holmes, M L; Creager, Joe S (1974): Description of manganese deposits collected by R/V Nothwind during the 1963 expedition in the Laptev sea [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.859299, Supplement to: Holmes, ML; Creager, JS (1974): Holocene History of the Laptev Sea Continental Shelf (Chapter 9). In: Herman, Y. (Ed.) Marine Geology and Oceanography of the Arctic Seas. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 211-229, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-87411-6_9
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Abstract:
The 400-km-wide, low gradient Laptev Sea continental shelf consists of flat terrace-like features at regular depth intervals from 10 to 40 m below present sea level. The five large submarine valleys traversing the shelf do not continuously grade seaward, but contain elongated, closed basins. These terraces and closed basins plus deltaic sediments associated with the submarine valleys quite possibly mark sea level Stillstands, and enable reconstruction of the paleogeography of the Laptev Sea shore line at five periods during post-Wisconsin (Holocene) time. Radiocarbon dates on the silty-clay to clayey-silt sediments from cores of the northeastern Laptev Sea indicate average sedimentation intensity of 2 to 15 mg/cm2/yr. The presence of manganese nodules and crusts in surface samples from less than 55 m depths and a general decrease in total foraminiferal abundances with depth in the cores suggest that the present deposition rate is less than when sea level was lower. The main components of the shelf deposits are near- shore sediments which were spread over the shelf as Holocene sea level fluctuated and marine currents distributed modern fine sediment. Rare silty-sand layers and the coarser nuclei of the manganese crusts and nodules indicate ice rafting. However, this mechanism is probably only locally important as a significant transporting agent.
Source:
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
Further details:
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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Coverage:
Median Latitude: 76.112500 * Median Longitude: 129.875000 * South-bound Latitude: 75.792000 * West-bound Longitude: 129.867000 * North-bound Latitude: 76.433000 * East-bound Longitude: 129.883000
Date/Time Start: 1963-09-02T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1963-09-02T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0 m
Event(s):
NW63-143 * Latitude: 76.433000 * Longitude: 129.883000 * Date/Time: 1963-09-02T00:00:00 * Elevation: -56.0 m * Location: Laptev Sea * Campaign: NW63 * Basis: Northwind * Method/Device: Gravity corer (GC)
NW63-145 * Latitude: 75.792000 * Longitude: 129.867000 * Date/Time: 1963-09-02T00:00:00 * Elevation: -47.0 m * Location: Laptev Sea * Campaign: NW63 * Basis: Northwind * Method/Device: Gravity corer (GC)
Comment:
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.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | Holmes, M L | |||
| 2 | Identification | ID | Holmes, M L | |||
| 3 | DEPTH, sediment/rock | Depth sed | m | Holmes, M L | Geocode | |
| 4 | Position | Position | Holmes, M L | Visual description | ||
| 5 | Deposit type | Deposit type | Holmes, M L | |||
| 6 | Quantity of deposit | Quantity | Holmes, M L | |||
| 7 | Size | Size | Holmes, M L | |||
| 8 | Substrate type | Substrate | Holmes, M L | |||
| 9 | Sediment type | Sediment | Holmes, M L | |||
| 10 | Description | Description | Holmes, M L |
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