Guichard, Francois (1978): Radionuclides in Manganese nodules [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.887966, Supplement to: Guichard, Francois; Reyss, Jean-Louis; Yokoyama, Y (1978): Growth rate of manganese nodule measured with 10Be and 26Al. Nature, 272(5649), 155-156, https://doi.org/10.1038/272155a0
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Abstract:
Manganese nodules are considered to have accumulated in general very slowly: surface layers of nodules contain a large excess of 230Th, more than would be produced by uranium decay. The decrease of excess 230Th with depth within a nodule is generally interpreted to be due to the radioactive decay, and nodule accumulation rates were then estimated from this to be a few mm/Myr. How then do these nodules escape from burial by associated marine sediments which accumulate 3 orders of magnitude faster than the nodules? One possible explanation is that the radionuclides of interest were not incorporated in the nodule matrix during its growth but were adsorbed later. Subsequent inward diffusion of the radionuclides might result in an apparent radioactive decay. We have tested this hypothesis by measuring simultaneously two radionuclides of different half lives. If the gradients of the radionuclides are really due to the radioactive decay, then, assuming a constant growth rate for a nodule, we expect the profile of the shortlived nuclide to be steeper (because of its faster decay) than that of the longlived nuclide.
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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
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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
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Latitude: -13.090000 * Longitude: -148.620000
Date/Time Start: 1973-11-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1973-11-03T00:00:00
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NX10-CL * Latitude: -13.090000 * Longitude: -148.620000 * Date/Time: 1973-11-03T00:00:00 * Elevation: -4020.0 m * Location: Pacific Ocean * Campaign: NIXO10 (TECHNO 07) * Basis: Marara * 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.
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- Guichard, F (1978): (Table 1, page 155) 10Be analysis of TECHNO-1 ferromanganese crust recovered from the Pacific Ocean. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.887964
- Guichard, F (1978): (Table 2, page 156) Aluminium-26 analysis of TECHNO-1 ferromanganese crust recovered from the Pacific Ocean. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.887965