Citation:

PANGAEA.882201, Supplement to: Calvert, SE et al. (1978): Relationship between ferromanganese nodule compositions and sedimentation in a small survey area of the equatorial Pacific. Journal of Marine Research, 36, 161-183, Calvert-etal_1978.pdf

Name: Major and trace elements geochemistry of manganese nodules from WAHINE expedition in the Pacific Ocean
Published: 1978
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Published: 1978 (exact date unknown) • DOI registered: 2017-11-21

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Abstract:

The bulk chemical compositions of ferromanganese nodules recovered from 14 of 38 sediment cores collected from a 230 km2 area of abyssal hill topography in the northern equatorial Pacific (8° 20'N, 153° 0'W; regional depth 5000 m) vary nonrandomly between fairly wide limits. The nodules have Mn/Fe ratios ranging from 2.60 to 5.38 and all samples contain todorokite and delta-MnO2 . The variation in the Mn/Fe ratio is governed by the total Fe contents of the nodules; Mn varies to a much smaller extent. Cu and Ni contents average about 1% and vary independently of the Mn contents. The compositional variation in the nodules is related to two features of the associated sediments, which are siliceous pelagic clays. The total Fe contents correlate positively with the oxalate-soluble Fe contents of the surface (0-2 cm) sediments; and their Mn/Fe ratios correlate negatively with the accumulation rates of the sediments. It is suspected that the composition of the nodules is influenced to a considerable extent by diagenetic reactions in the sediments, the clearest manifestation of this being the transformation of oxyhydroxide Fe into an insoluble form, possibly by the formation of smectite. This in turn leads to the formation of relatively Fe-poor ferromanganese nodules. Such nodules occur on slowly accumulating sediments where relatively more diagenetic reaction in the sediments has taken place.

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)

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 8.326323 * Median Longitude: -152.997879 * South-bound Latitude: 8.272000 * West-bound Longitude: -153.040000 * North-bound Latitude: 8.382756 * East-bound Longitude: -152.959000

Date/Time Start: 1965-03-28T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1965-03-31T00:00:00

Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0 m

Event(s):

WAH-9FF3 * Latitude: 8.381000 * Longitude: -153.039000 * Date/Time: 1965-03-28T00:00:00 * Elevation: -5055.0 m * Recovery: 1.09 m * Location: Pacific Ocean * Campaign: (WAHI01BD) * Basis: Spencer F. Baird * Method/Device: Free fall corer (FFC)

WAH-11P * Latitude: 8.369000 * Longitude: -153.032000 * Date/Time: 1965-03-29T00:00:00 * Elevation: -5096.0 m * Recovery: 5.48 m * Location: Pacific Ocean * Campaign: (WAHI01BD) * Basis: Spencer F. Baird * Method/Device: Piston corer (PC)

WAH-13FF4 * Latitude: 8.375000 * Longitude: -152.989000 * Date/Time: 1965-03-29T00:00:00 * Elevation: -5127.0 m * Recovery: 1.09 m * Location: Pacific Ocean * Campaign: (WAHI01BD) * Basis: Spencer F. Baird * Method/Device: Free fall corer (FFC)

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		Calvert, Stephen E
2	Identification	ID		Calvert, Stephen E
3	DEPTH, sediment/rock	Depth sed	m	Calvert, Stephen E		Geocode
4	Iron	Fe	%	Calvert, Stephen E	X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
5	Manganese	Mn	%	Calvert, Stephen E	X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
6	Cobalt	Co	%	Calvert, Stephen E	X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
7	Copper	Cu	%	Calvert, Stephen E	X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
8	Nickel	Ni	%	Calvert, Stephen E	X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
9	Zinc	Zn	%	Calvert, Stephen E	X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
10	Titanium	Ti	%	Calvert, Stephen E	X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
11	Aluminium	Al	%	Calvert, Stephen E	X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
12	Silicon	Si	%	Calvert, Stephen E	X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
13	Barium	Ba	%	Calvert, Stephen E	X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
14	Potassium	K	%	Calvert, Stephen E	X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
15	Phosphorus	P	%	Calvert, Stephen E	X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
16	Magnesium	Mg	%	Calvert, Stephen E	X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
17	Calcium	Ca	%	Calvert, Stephen E	X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
18	Cerium	Ce	mg/kg	Calvert, Stephen E	X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
19	Chromium	Cr	mg/kg	Calvert, Stephen E	X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
20	Molybdenum	Mo	mg/kg	Calvert, Stephen E	X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
21	Lead	Pb	mg/kg	Calvert, Stephen E	X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
22	Rubidium	Rb	mg/kg	Calvert, Stephen E	X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
23	Strontium	Sr	mg/kg	Calvert, Stephen E	X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
24	Thorium	Th	mg/kg	Calvert, Stephen E	X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
25	Vanadium	V	mg/kg	Calvert, Stephen E	X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
26	Yttrium	Y	mg/kg	Calvert, Stephen E	X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
27	Zirconium	Zr	mg/kg	Calvert, Stephen E	X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
28	Deposit type	Deposit type		Calvert, Stephen E
29	Shape	Shape		Calvert, Stephen E
30	Description	Description		Calvert, Stephen E

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)

Size:

501 data points

Data

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1 Event	2 ID	4 Fe [%]	5 Mn [%]	6 Co [%]	7 Cu [%]	8 Ni [%]	9 Zn [%]	10 Ti [%]	11 Al [%]	12 Si [%]	13 Ba [%]	14 K [%]	15 P [%]	16 Mg [%]	17 Ca [%]	18 Ce [mg/kg]	19 Cr [mg/kg]	20 Mo [mg/kg]	21 Pb [mg/kg]	22 Rb [mg/kg]	23 Sr [mg/kg]	24 Th [mg/kg]	25 V [mg/kg]	26 Y [mg/kg]	27 Zr [mg/kg]	28 Deposit type	29 Shape	30 Description
WAH-11P	WAH-11P-1-CV	7.59	22.47	0.17	0.90	0.94	0.083	0.55	3.05	7.33	0.210	1.00	0.17	1.96	1.79	300		380	500	20	500	20		100	360	Mn nodule	Discoidal with a rough surface	Cross-section of Mn nodule
WAH-13FF4	WAH-13FF4-1-CV1	5.35	25.85	0.13	1.76	1.32	0.083	0.39	2.81	7.10	0.280	1.00	0.15	1.75	1.84	200		380	400	20	429	15		100	220	Mn nodule	Discoidal with a rough surface	Cross-section of Mn nodule
WAH-13FF4	WAH-13FF4-1-CV2	5.53	25.96	0.13	1.53	1.23	0.085	0.33	2.60	6.96	0.240	0.95	0.20	1.90	1.79	200		390	300	15	420	10		85	185	Mn nodule	Discoidal with a rough surface	Cross-section of Mn nodule
WAH-13FF8	WAH-13FF8-1-CV	4.97	26.74	0.11	1.27	1.05	0.105	0.59	2.60	7.19	0.200	1.19	0.16	1.93	1.97	160		330	300	20	490	10		105	360	Mn nodule	Discoidal with a rough surface	Cross-section of Mn nodule
WAH-18FF1	WAH-18FF1-1-CV	9.24	24.02	0.20	0.86	1.01	0.078	0.42	2.57	6.07	0.380	1.01	0.30	1.81	1.82	410		390	600	20	450	25		105	235	Mn nodule	Discoidal with a rough surface	Cross-section of Mn nodule
WAH-18FF2	WAH-18FF2-1-CV1	7.94	24.49	0.21	1.20	1.17	0.086	0.64	2.68	6.12	0.170	0.88	0.20	1.93	1.84	310		380	600	20	509	20		120	410	Mn nodule	Disco-ellipsoidal with a rough surface	Cross-section of Mn nodule
WAH-18FF2	WAH-18FF2-1-CV2	7.63	24.33	0.20	1.30	1.22	0.087	0.68	2.76	6.16	0.200	0.88	0.16	1.87	1.67	320		330	600	15	470	20		125	410	Mn nodule	Disco-ellipsoidal with a rough surface	Cross-section of Mn nodule
WAH-18FF2	WAH-18FF2-1-CV3	8.40	25.30	0.24	1.05	1.36	0.120								2.20				600							Mn nodule	Discoidal with a rough surface	Half a manganese nodule (2.0x1.3 cm)
WAH-18FF3	WAH-18FF3-1-CV1	7.45	24.80	0.18	1.19	1.21	0.085	0.52	2.41	6.07	0.195	1.21	0.22	1.69	1.83	340		280	600	20	500	20		120	420	Mn nodule	Disco-ellipsoidal with a rough surface	Cross-section of Mn nodule
WAH-18FF3	WAH-18FF3-1-CV2	5.14	16.89	0.12	0.82	0.82	0.067	0.52	4.40	10.51	0.190	0.99	0.17	2.05	2.18	290		380	400	20	450	20		115	310	Mn nodule	Disco-ellipsoidal with a rough surface	Cross-section of Mn nodule
WAH-18FF3	WAH-18FF3-1-CV3	7.10	25.42	0.17	0.95	1.00	0.087	0.62	2.62	6.26	0.150	0.80	0.23	1.27	1.79	270		360	500	20	480	15		115	375	Mn nodule	Disco-ellipsoidal with a rough surface	Cross-section of Mn nodule
WAH-18FF5	WAH-18FF5-1-CV	7.94	24.64	0.18	0.93	1.08	0.084	0.59	2.49	6.21	0.200	0.85	0.23	1.81	1.91	330		340	600	15	470	20		115	320	Mn nodule	Disco-ellipsoidal with a rough surface	Cross-section of Mn nodule
WAH-18FF6	WAH-18FF6-1-CV1	6.47	26.35	0.15	1.03	0.90	0.093	0.50	2.62	6.35	0.215	1.00	0.16	1.87	1.86	270		350	500	20	490	20		105	340	Mn nodule	Disco-ellipsoidal with a rough surface	Cross-section of Mn nodule
WAH-18FF6	WAH-18FF6-1-CV2	6.58	24.18	0.14	1.30	1.22	0.084	0.62	2.91	7.00	0.175	0.87	0.21	1.87	1.89	270		350	500	15	509	15		120	340	Mn nodule	Disco-ellipsoidal with a rough surface	Cross-section of Mn nodule
WAH-18FF8	WAH-18FF8-1-CV	5.74	26.43	0.14	1.20	1.11	0.098	0.49	2.76	6.77	0.205	0.95	0.17	2.23	1.79	190		370	400	15	440	10		100	310	Mn nodule	Disco-ellipsoidal with a rough surface	Cross-section of Mn nodule
WAH-20G	WAH-20G-1-CV	7.49	23.25	0.18	0.99	1.02	0.081	0.48	2.97	7.38	0.185	0.93	0.15	1.99	1.68	330		370	500	15	490	20		95	310	Mn nodule	Discoidal with a rough surface	Cross-section of Mn nodule
WAH-24FF2	WAH-24FF2-1-CV	6.37	25.57	0.17	1.05	1.05	0.094	0.57	2.65	6.16	0.190	1.01	0.16	2.08	1.72	280		330	500	20	509	20		110	310	Mn nodule	Discoidal with a rough surface	Cross-section of Mn nodule
WAH-24FF5	WAH-24FF5-1-CV	7.28	24.41	0.16	0.99	0.92	0.085	0.46	2.76	6.68	0.230	1.38	0.15	2.11	1.86	310		380	500	15	440	20		95	280	Mn nodule	Discoidal with a rough surface	Cross-section of Mn nodule
WAH-24FF6	WAH-24FF6-1-CV	6.93	26.58	0.16	1.09	1.07	0.088	0.53	2.78	6.58	0.317				1.82	270	17	570	500			20	410			Mn nodule	Discoidal with a rough surface	Cross-section of Mn nodule
WAH-9FF3	WAH-9FF3-1-CV	5.98	25.88	0.14	1.21	1.12	0.098	0.53	2.76	6.58	0.200	0.96	0.15	2.08	1.80	230		370	400	15	470	15		105	340	Mn nodule	Discoidal with a rough surface	Cross-section of Mn nodule