<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><resource xsi:schemaLocation="http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4 http://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-4.3/metadata.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4"><identifier identifierType="DOI">10.1594/PANGAEA.956729</identifier><creators><creator><creatorName>McDougall, J C</creatorName><givenName>J C</givenName><familyName>McDougall</familyName></creator><creator><creatorName>Eade, J V</creatorName><givenName>J V</givenName><familyName>Eade</familyName></creator></creators><titles><title>Chemical composition of manganese deposits from western Kiribati (Gilbert Islands)</title></titles><publisher>PANGAEA</publisher><publicationYear>2023</publicationYear><subjects><subject>Geochemistry</subject><subject>manganese micronodule</subject><subject>manganese nodule</subject><subject>ocean</subject><subject>Sediment</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Event label</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Latitude of event</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Longitude of event</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Elevation of event</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Identification</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Deposit type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">DEPTH, sediment/rock</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Calcium oxide</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Silicon dioxide</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Aluminium oxide</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Manganese</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Iron</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Water in rock</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Lead</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Zinc</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Molybdenum</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Cobalt</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Copper</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Nickel</subject><subject subjectScheme="Method">Free-fall grab</subject><subject subjectScheme="Method">Atomic absorption spectroscopy</subject><subject subjectScheme="Method">Wet chemistry</subject><subject subjectScheme="Campaign">KI-79-1</subject><subject subjectScheme="Basis">Machias</subject><subject subjectScheme="Project">NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database (NOAA-MMS)</subject></subjects><contributors><contributor contributorType="DataCollector"><contributorName>Australian Mineral Development Laboratories</contributorName></contributor></contributors><dates><date dateType="Collected">1979-04-20T00:00:00/1979-04-23T00:00:00</date></dates><resourceType resourceTypeGeneral="Dataset">Dataset</resourceType><relatedIdentifiers><relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="IsDerivedFrom">10.7289/V52Z13FT</relatedIdentifier><relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="IsDocumentedBy">10.7289/V53X84KN</relatedIdentifier></relatedIdentifiers><sizes><size>84 data points</size></sizes><formats><format>text/tab-separated-values</format></formats><rightsList><rights rightsURI="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" schemeURI="https://spdx.org/licenses/" rightsIdentifierScheme="SPDX" rightsIdentifier="CC-BY-4.0">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International</rights></rightsList><descriptions><description descriptionType="Abstract">11 stations were occupied during the survey carried out by CCOP/SOPAC on the UNDP charter vessel MACHIAS over an area southeast of Tarawa, western Kiribati. Retrieved manganese nodules and coating were analysed at the Australian Mineral Development Laboratories using atomic absorption methods following a drying period at 110°C.</description><description descriptionType="TechnicalInfo">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.<br/>This dataset represents the digitized Table 2, pp. 72 of the related publication.</description></descriptions><geoLocations><geoLocation><geoLocationBox><westBoundLongitude>176.996</westBoundLongitude><eastBoundLongitude>-179.0075</eastBoundLongitude><southBoundLatitude>-3.016667</southBoundLatitude><northBoundLatitude>-1.013167</northBoundLatitude></geoLocationBox></geoLocation><geoLocation><geoLocationPlace>Pacific Ocean</geoLocationPlace></geoLocation></geoLocations></resource>