Publication Date:
2023-08-28
Description:
Using spectrochemical techniques Fe, Si, Mg, Co, Ni, Cu, V, Mo, Ti and Tl have been estimated in nineteen manganese nodules, eight from the Atlantic ocean, seven from the Pacific ocean and four from the Indian ocean. Though data on more samples are required before firm and detailed conclusions can be made about the distribution of elements in manganese nodules, several distinct features appear when the data on the nineteen samples are examined. Certain elements appear to enrich more strongly than others. For example, relative to igneous rocks Mo is much more strongly enriched than V. For several elements (Ni, Cu and particularly Co and Tl) the degree of enrichment in two Fe-low nodules is far smaller than in the other nodules. The magnitude of dispersion of concentration appears to vary considerably for different elements; thus, whereas variation of concentration of V is relatively small, that of Ni, Cu, Co and Tl is far larger. The statistical nature of the distribution of Fe in manganese nodules appears to be characteristic and different from that of the other elements studied so far. Of the possible inter-element relationships examined that of Ni-Cu appears to be the most strongly developed.
Keywords:
AFII-A316; AFII-A322; ALB-13; ALB-173; Albatross (1882-1921); Albatross1899-1900; Albatross1904-1905; ALBTR-13; ALBTR-173; ALBTR-4658; AT150; AT150-008D; Atlantic Ocean; Atlantis (1931); Campaign of event; Cobalt; Copper; Date/Time of event; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Description; DOWNWIND-H; Dredge; DRG; DWHD16; Elevation of event; Event label; Horizon; Indian Ocean; Iron; John_Murray_Expedition; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Loss on ignition; MABAH-166; Mabahiss (1933); Magnesium; Manganese; Molybdenum; Monegasque Trawl; MTRW; Nickel; NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database; NOAA-MMS; Northern_Holiday; North-West Pacific Ocean; NTHL02HO-010PH; NTHL-10; Pacific Ocean; Sample code/label; Sample ID; Silicon; Spectrography (Hilger E 478); Spencer F. Baird; TH1; TH1-TR4; TH1-TR6; Thallium; Theta; Titanium; TRAWL; Trawl net; V15; V15-125SBT; Vanadium; Vema; VERMILION_SEA; Vermilion Sea, Pacific Ocean; VS BII-35; VSS35D; WHOI-A-105; Wired profile sonde; WP
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 271 data points
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