10.1594/PANGAEA.873650Hussong, Donald MDonald MHussongUyeda, SeiyaSeiyaUyedaPANGAEA1982Event labelIdentificationSample code/labelDEPTH, sediment/rockPositionDeposit typeQuantity of depositSizeSubstrate typeSediment typeCommentDescriptionDrilling/drill rigVisual descriptionLeg60Glomar ChallengerDeep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database (NOAA-MMS)1978-03-23T00:00:00/1978-05-09T00:00:00Supplementary Dataset10.2973/dsdp.proc.60.198210.7289/V52Z13FT10.7289/V53X84KN555 data pointstext/tab-separated-valuesCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 UnportedTwo consecutive drilling legs (Legs 59 and 60) were assigned to drill an east-west transect of sites along latitude 18°N, from the Mariana Basin of the Pacific Ocean to the oldest inactive island arcs and back-arc spreading basins of the Philippine Sea. The western (older, inactive) half of this transect (Philippine Sea, Palau-Kyushu Ridge, Parece Vela Basin, and the West Mariana Ridge-Sites 447-451) was drilled during Leg 59. The objective of Leg 60 was to sample the tectonically active eastern portion of the transect in a closely spaced series of holes across the presently opening back-arc basin (Mariana Trough, Site Survey Target SP-4: Sites 453-456), the Mariana arc itself (Site Survey Target SP-3b: Site 457), the Mariana fore-arc region (Site Survey Target SP-3, Sites 458 and 459), and deep within the Mariana Trench (Site Survey Target SP-2: Sites 460 and 461). In addition, one site (Site Survey Target SP-1: Site 452) was drilled on the Pacific plate seaward of the trench to obtain a reference section of sediments and oceanic crust being delivered to the trench.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1989 NOAA-NCEI compiled the NOAA-MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database from journal articles, technical reports and unpublished sources from other institutions.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.Supplement to: Sharaskin, Anatoly; Packham, G H; Natland, James H; Nakamura, K; Meijer, Arend; Kling, Stanley; Horai, Ki-Iti; Francis, T J G; Ellis, C Howard; Bleil, Ulrich; Blanchet, R; Hussong, Donald M; Uyeda, Seiya (1982): Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, U.S. Government Printing Office, LX, 929 pp143.6825148.629217.66718.013North Pacific/BASINNorth Pacific/SEDIMENT PONDNorth Pacific/TRENCH