Publication Date:
2023-08-28
Description:
The minor-element composition of concentric layers within a single ferromanganese nodule from the eastern North Pacific exhibits strong correlations with Fe and Mn contents but appears to be independent of pronounced mineralogic variations. On the basis of these correlations, the elemental composition of individual layers apparently is controlled by the relative contribution of two sources: seawater, and interstitial water of associated sediment. In contrast, the mineralogy of the nodule, consisting of birnessite in the outer few layers and todorokite in the inner layers, is considered to be a function of nodule diagenesis.
Keywords:
Atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS); Barium; Cerium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Description; DISTANCE; Dredge; DRG; Europium; Insoluble residue; Iron; Lanthanum; Lead; Lutetium; Manganese; Neutron activation analysis; Nickel; NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database; NOAA-MMS; Pacific Ocean; Samarium; Sample ID; SAN_JUAN_1963; Scandium; SNJ-DH9; Spencer F. Baird; Terbium; Thorium; Wet chemistry; Ytterbium; Zinc
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 399 data points
