Publication Date:
2023-08-28
Description:
Analyses are given for the core and outer colliform shell of a manganese nodule collected at a depth of 5000 m in the Indian Ocean, and for the red clay that encloses the nodules. Trace elements determined include rare earths, Nb, Ta, Th, and V. The cores of the nodules were once composed of basaltic rock, but now are phillipsite and nontronite. The outer shell is composed of manganite, with admixed quartz, phillipsite, and some geothite. The correlations established between the redox potentials and the concentration coefficients for 12 elements indicate that Eh plays a greater role in the formation of the manganiferous shells than coprecipitation properties.
Keywords:
GC; Gravity corer; Indian Ocean; NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database; NOAA-MMS; Vityaz (ex-Mars); Vityaz-31; VITYAZ4575
Type:
Dataset
Format:
application/zip, 2 datasets
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