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Citation:	Sorem, Ronald K; Foster, Allan R (1973): Annotated record of the detailed examination of Mn nodules from the Baja California Seamount Province [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.879656, 
	Supplement to: Sorem, RK; Foster, AR (1973): Mineralogical, chemical and optical procedures and standards for study of growth features and economic potential of manganese nodules. in: Phase I Report - Inter-University Program of Research on Ferromanganese Deposits of the Ocean Floor. Seabed Assessment Program, IDOE, NSF, Washington D.C., USA, 23-38, https://store.pangaea.de/Projects/NOAA-MMS/Sorem_1973_IDOE.pdf
Abstract:	Internal growth features of manganese nodules reveal that many nodules are structurally, chemically, and mineralogically non-uniform, largely as a result of a complex growth history. If numerous investigators are to study the mineralogical and textural features of manganese nodules, the laboratories concerned must standardize procedures to some extent so that work is not duplicated and so that results can be compared fairly. In particular, we suggest that all investigators, for example, geochemists, mineralogists, and biologists who work with individual nodules, should pay due attention to the internal complexity of nodules while pursuing their individual specialized research. Detailed investigation of the relationships between the internal structure of manganese nodules and the mineralogy and chemical composition is essential to an understanding of nodule origin and of possible problems in economic use of nodules. Research of this kind is best controlled by use of good polished sections of whole manganese nodules.
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):	NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database (NOAA-MMS) (URI: https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/NOAA-MMS)
Coverage:	LATITUDE: 21.666670 * LONGITUDE: -113.500000
	MINIMUM DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0 m * MAXIMUM DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0 m
Event(s):	SNJ-DH8 * LATITUDE: 21.666670 * LONGITUDE: -113.500000 * ELEVATION: -3420.0 m * LOCATION: Pacific Ocean * CAMPAIGN: SAN_JUAN_1963 * BASIS: Spencer F. Baird * METHOD/DEVICE: Dredge (DRG)
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):	Sample ID (Sample ID) * PI: Sorem, Ronald K
	Latitude of event (Latitude)
	Longitude of event (Longitude)
	Elevation of event [m] (Elevation)
	Sample code/label (Sample label) * PI: Sorem, Ronald K * COMMENT: Label of sample in WSU collection
	DEPTH, sediment/rock [m] (Depth sed) * GEOCODE * PI: Sorem, Ronald K
	Position (Position) * PI: Sorem, Ronald K
	Deposit type (Deposit type) * PI: Sorem, Ronald K
	Quantity of deposit (Quantity) * PI: Sorem, Ronald K
	Size (Size) * PI: Sorem, Ronald K
	Substrate type (Substrate) * PI: Sorem, Ronald K
	Description (Description) * PI: Sorem, Ronald K
	Uniform resource locator/link to image (URL image) * PI: Sorem, Ronald K
License:	Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0) (URI: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Size:	17 data points
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Sample ID	Latitude	Longitude	Elevation [m]	Sample label	Depth sed [m]	Position	Deposit type	Quantity	Size	Substrate	Description	URL image
SNJ-DH8-1SF-A	21.6667	-113.5000	-3420	DH 8-A	0	Surface	Mn nodule	1	5.0 cm		Polished Mn nodule section with multiple radial different growth period structures starting from two tiny cores apparently manganese rich	https://store.pangaea.de/Projects/NOAA-MMS/DH8A_Sorem_1973_IDOE.jpg
SNJ-DH8-1SF-B	21.6667	-113.5000	-3420	DH 8-B	0	Surface	Mn nodule	1	5.0 cm	Core; nodule fragment	Polished section of manganese nodule from Baja California Seamount Province. Complex growth pattern with re-growth from older Mn nodule half piece	https://store.pangaea.de/Projects/NOAA-MMS/DH8B_Sorem_1973_IDOE.jpg