Pratt, Richard M (1962): Observation of manganese nodules and manganese coated coral in the West Northern Atlantic ocean [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863984, Supplement to: Pratt, RM (1962): The Ocean Bottom. Science, 138(3539), 492-495, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.138.3539.492
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Abstract:
Photography has become an integral part of submarine geological and biological investigations of the ocean bottom. The underwater cameras used to make these photographs were designed by Harold Edgerton. The pictures were taken from 1960 to 1962, from ships of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. They show that life occurs even in the deepest trenches, and that sedimentary and biological processes in deep water do not differ in kind from those in shallow water.
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
Project(s):
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 32.241680 * Median Longitude: -70.391672 * South-bound Latitude: 30.950018 * West-bound Longitude: -78.333344 * North-bound Latitude: 33.533342 * East-bound Longitude: -62.450000
Date/Time Start: 1960-10-18T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1961-07-15T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0 m
Event(s):
AT260-7C * Latitude: 33.533342 * Longitude: -62.450000 * Date/Time: 1960-10-18T00:00:00 * Elevation: -1371.0 m * Location: Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: AT260 * Basis: Atlantis (1931) * Method/Device: Photo/Video (PV) * Comment: Institute = WHOI
AT266-18C * Latitude: 30.950018 * Longitude: -78.333344 * Date/Time: 1961-07-15T00:00:00 * Elevation: -813.0 m * Location: Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: AT26601 * Basis: Atlantis (1931) * Method/Device: Photo/Video (PV) * Comment: Institute = WHOI, PI = Stetson, T. R.
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1989 NOAA-NCEI compiled the NOAA-MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database from journal articles, technical reports and unpublished sources from other institutions.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 | Pratt, Richard M | |||
| 2 | Date/Time of event | Date/Time | Pratt, Richard M | |||
| 3 | Latitude of event | Latitude | Pratt, Richard M | |||
| 4 | Longitude of event | Longitude | Pratt, Richard M | |||
| 5 | Elevation of event | Elevation | m | Pratt, Richard M | ||
| 6 | Sample ID | Sample ID | Pratt, Richard M | |||
| 7 | DEPTH, sediment/rock | Depth sed | m | Pratt, Richard M | Geocode | |
| 8 | Position | Position | Pratt, Richard M | |||
| 9 | Deposit type | Deposit type | Pratt, Richard M | |||
| 10 | Quantity of deposit | Quantity | Pratt, Richard M | |||
| 11 | Substrate type | Substrate | Pratt, Richard M | |||
| 12 | Sediment type | Sediment | Pratt, Richard M | |||
| 13 | Comment | Comment | Pratt, Richard M | |||
| 14 | Description | Description | Pratt, Richard M | |||
| 15 | Uniform resource locator/link to image | URL image | Pratt, Richard M |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
17 data points
Data
| 1 Event | 2 Date/Time | 3 Latitude | 4 Longitude | 5 Elevation [m] | 6 Sample ID | 7 Depth sed [m] | 8 Position | 9 Deposit type | 10 Quantity | 11 Substrate | 12 Sediment | 13 Comment | 14 Description | 15 URL image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT266-18C | 1961-07-15 | 30.9500 | -78.3333 | -813 | AT266-18C-1P | 0 | Surface | Mn nodule | Many | Sand | Well sorted pelagic (foraminifera and pteropod) sand | Round manganese nodules at relatively shallow depth on the Blake Plateau off the southeast coast of the United States. | epic.awi.de | |
| AT260-7C | 1960-10-18 | 33.5333 | -62.4500 | -1371 | AT260-7C-1P | 0 | Surface | Mn coating | Many | Coral debris | Sand | Coarse sand composed of calcareous remains of benthic and pelagic organisms | Abundant sessile organisms, particularly sponges, hydroids, and crinoids on the flat top of the Muir seamount. The dark material is mostly coral debris with a coating of manganese. | epic.awi.de |