Annotated record of the detailed examination of Mn deposits from DSDP Leg 76 (Hole 534A)

• Main Authors: Shipboard Scientific Party, Sheridan, Robert E
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1983
• Subjects: 76-534A; Comment; Deep Sea Drilling Project; Deposit type; DEPTH; sediment/rock; Description; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; File name; Glomar Challenger; Identification; Leg76; NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database; NOAA-MMS; North Atlantic/BASIN; Position; Quantity of deposit; Sample code/label; Sediment type; Size; Uniform resource locator/link to image; Visual description; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.874961; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.874961

The continental edge of eastern North America is the passive margin with the oldest geological history available in the modern oceans. Rifting and seafloor spreading between the North American and African continents began in the late Triassic to Early Jurassic. A possible spreading-center jump and r...