Analysis of manganes nodules from the Antarctic Ocean

• Main Authors: Aumento, Fabrizio, MacGillivray, J M
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1975
• Subjects: 28-266; 28-267A; 28-274; Antarctic Ocean/BASIN; Antarctic Ocean/CONT RISE; Antarctic Ocean/RIDGE; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; Glomar Challenger; Leg28; NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database; NOAA-MMS; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.869469; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.869469

Five nodules collected on Leg 28 of the Deep Sea Drilling Project are unique in that they provide an opportunity of studying older, buried nodules. Paleontological evidence from the cores suggests they may be from Miocene to Pliocene in age. The thinness of the ferromanganese coatings on the nuclei...