Annotated record of the detailed examination of Mn deposits from DSDP Site 99, Leg 11 (Core 99A-1)

• Main Authors: Hollister, Charles D, Ewing, John I, Habib, Daniel, Lancelot, Yves, Luterbacher, Hanspeter, Paulus, F J, Poag, C Wylie, Wilcoxon, James A, Worstell, Paula J
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1972
• Subjects: 11-99A; Comment; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DEPTH; sediment/rock; Description; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; Glomar Challenger; Identification; Leg11; NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database; NOAA-MMS; North Atlantic/CHANNEL; Position; Quantity of deposit; Sample code/label; Sediment type; Size; Substrate type; Visual description; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.868629; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.868629

The principal objective at this site was the recovery of Mesozoic sediment and a sample of Horizon B (or basement). The location chosen for drilling is about 40 nautical miles southeast of San Salvador in 4914 meters of water. Aside from the possibility of recovering the oldest Atlantic sediment, dr...