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Sackett, William M (1966): (Table 1, pages 646) Uranium, thorium and protactinium analyses of selected manganese nodules from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.871886, Supplement to: Sackett, WM (1966): Manganese Nodules: Thorium-230: Protactinium-231 Ratios. Science, 154(3749), 646-647, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.154.3749.646

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Abstract:
The Th230/Pa231 activity ratio in 7 of 11 manganese nodules is less than 10.8, the theoretical production ratio of activities in the ocean. This finding indicates difierential accumulation of these nuclides in authigenic deposits of manganese-iron oxide.
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: 13.416643 * Median Longitude: -115.839358 * South-bound Latitude: -41.983000 * West-bound Longitude: -171.000000 * North-bound Latitude: 40.300000 * East-bound Longitude: -56.150000
Date/Time Start: 1950-09-02T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1965-08-20T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: m
Event(s):
AT266-40 (A-266/D-40) * Latitude: 30.883000 * Longitude: -78.783000 * Date/Time: 1961-07-13T00:00:00 * Elevation: -836.0 m * Location: Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: AT26601 * Basis: Atlantis (1931) * Method/Device: Dredge (DRG)
CH36-6RD * Latitude: 36.700000 * Longitude: -67.983000 * Date/Time: 1963-07-08T00:00:00 * Elevation: -4327.0 m * Location: Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: CH03601 * Basis: Chain * Method/Device: Dredge (DRG)
DWBD1 * Latitude: 21.450000 * Longitude: -126.717000 * Date/Time: 1957-10-25T00:00:00 * Elevation: -4300.0 m * Location: Pacific Ocean * Campaign: DOWNWIND-B1 (DNWB0ABD) * Basis: Spencer F. Baird * Method/Device: Dredge (DRG)
Comment:
The analytical procedures for carrier-free separation of uranium, thorium, and protactinium from manganese nodules make use of 232U, 234Th, and 233Pa tracers to monitor yield. Extraction of proactinium uses diisobutyl carbinol extraction and that of uranium and thorium is perforemed using cation exchange techniques.
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
1Event labelEventSackett, William M
2IdentificationIDSackett, William M
3Sample code/labelSample labelSackett, William M
4DEPTH, sediment/rockDepth sedmSackett, William MGeocode
5Thorium-232232Thmg/kgSackett, William MAlpha spectrometry
6Thorium-232, standard deviation232Th std dev±Sackett, William MAlpha spectrometry
7Uranium-238238Umg/kgSackett, William MAlpha spectrometry
8Uranium-238, standard deviation238U std dev±Sackett, William MAlpha spectrometry
9Thorium-230230Thdpm/gSackett, William MAlpha spectrometry
10Thorium-230, standard deviation230Th std dev±Sackett, William MAlpha spectrometry
11Protactinium-231231Padpm/gSackett, William MAlpha spectrometry
12Protactinium-231, standard deviation231Pa std dev±Sackett, William MAlpha spectrometry
13Deposit typeDeposit typeSackett, William M
14DescriptionDescriptionSackett, William M
Size:
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