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Carter, Lionel (1979): Chemical composition of the surface of ferromanganese stained granules to cobbles recovered off Newfoundland, North Atlantic Ocean [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.883751, Supplement to: Carter, L (1979): Significance of Unstained and Stained Gravel on the Newfoundland Continental Slope and Rise. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 49(4), 1147-1158, https://doi.org/10.1306/212F78D3-2B24-11D7-8648000102C1865D

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Abstract:
The continental slope and rise, east of Newfoundland, accommodates two distinct gravel populations. The upper slope (300-700 m depth) population is characterized by unstained, granules to boulders of predominantly granitic and terrigenous sedimentary compositon that show affinity to Paleozoic and Proterozoic rocks of Newfoundland and areas further north. The rise (2,500->3,000 m depth) population consists of iron- and ferromanganese-stained granules to cobbles composed mainly of carbonate that presumably has been derived from the high Canadian Arctic. The rise clasts are further distinguished in that they are finer grained, slightly more rounded and more altered by solution and/or boring organisms than their shallower water counterparts. The upper slope gravel has been reworked from underlying sediments, and deposited from ice rafts, and both processes are probably continuing today. Gravel on the rise has been concentrated through winnowing of middle Holocene sediments by the Western Boundary Undercurrent which appears to have been operative as a winnowing agent since about 4,000 to 5,000 y BP. The undercurrent has also affected the distribution of stained gravel which is most common and most intensely stained beneath a fast-flowing undercurrent core where environmental conditions resemble those documented for deep-sea, ferromanganese nodule fields.
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
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 49.548667 * Median Longitude: -47.559667 * South-bound Latitude: 49.243333 * West-bound Longitude: -48.116667 * North-bound Latitude: 49.750000 * East-bound Longitude: -47.083333
Date/Time Start: 1977-11-11T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1977-11-17T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.00 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.05 m
Event(s):
DW77-034-13  * Latitude: 49.750000 * Longitude: -47.881667 * Date/Time: 1977-11-11T00:00:00 * Elevation: -2600.0 m * Location: North Atlantic * Campaign: DW77-034 * Basis: Dawson * Method/Device: Gravity corer (GC)
DW77-034-14  * Latitude: 49.750000 * Longitude: -47.320000 * Date/Time: 1977-11-11T00:00:00 * Elevation: -2800.0 m * Location: North Atlantic * Campaign: DW77-034 * Basis: Dawson * Method/Device: Grab (GRAB)
DW77-034-17  * Latitude: 49.500000 * Longitude: -47.083333 * Date/Time: 1977-11-12T00:00:00 * Elevation: -2800.0 m * Location: North Atlantic * Campaign: DW77-034 * Basis: Dawson * Method/Device: Grab (GRAB)
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):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
Event labelEvent
Latitude of eventLatitude
Longitude of eventLongitude
Elevation of eventElevationm
Method/Device of eventMethod/Device
IdentificationID
DEPTH, sediment/rockDepth sedmGeocode
IronFe%Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscope (ICP-AES)
ManganeseMn%Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscope (ICP-AES)
10 CobaltCo%
11 CopperCu%
12 NickelNi%
13 Deposit typeDeposit type
14 Color code HLS-systemColor HLSMunsell Color System (1994)
15 Substrate typeSubstrate
Size:
62 data points

Data

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Event

Latitude

Longitude

Elevation [m]

Method/Device

ID

Depth sed [m]

Fe [%]

Mn [%]
10 
Co [%]
11 
Cu [%]
12 
Ni [%]
13 
Deposit type
14 
Color HLS
15 
Substrate
DW77-034-13 49.7500-47.8817-2600Gravity corerDW77-034-13-1CA0.0512.060.500.0080.0150.019Mn stainingBrown (5yr5/6)Gravel; carbonate, granite with some sandstone, occurs only in the upper 10 cm.
DW77-034-1349.7500-47.8817-2600Gravity corerDW77-034-13-1CB0.0522.430.880.0190.068Mn stainingBrown (5yr4/6)Gravel; carbonate, granite with some sandstone, occurs only in the upper 10 cm.
DW77-034-14 49.7500-47.3200-2800GrabDW77-034-14-1C0.0054.8214.440.3370.1950.164Mn stainingBlack (N2.5)Pebble; carbonate, granite with some sandstone
DW77-034-17 49.5000-47.0833-2800GrabDW77-034-17-1CA0.0016.914.770.1160.0420.212Mn stainingBrown (5yr3/3)Pebble; carbonate, granite with some sandstone
DW77-034-1749.5000-47.0833-2800GrabDW77-034-17-1CB0.0022.548.060.1560.0260.111Mn stainingBlack & Brown (N2.5 = 80%, 7.5yr5/6 = 20%)Pebble; carbonate, granite with some sandstone
DW77-034-19 49.5000-48.1167-2400GrabDW77-034-19-1C0.0028.943.900.0810.0190.021Mn stainingBlack & Brown (N2.5 = 33%, 5yr5/7 = 67%)Pebble; carbonate, granite with some sandstone
DW77-034-42 49.2433-47.3967-2600GrabDW77-034-42-1C0.0062.7219.210.2940.0870.179Mn stainingBlack (N2.5)Pebble; sandstone, granite with some carbonate