Object # PRR-29050: Dredge
Primary Field # | ELT11-01 |
Secondary Field # | ARF000642 |
IGSN # | PRR029050 |
Kind of Object | Dredge |
Rock Type | Sedimentary |
Rock Name | Manganese Nodules |
Sample Description | [some manganese nodules?] |
Weight | 4696 g |
Susceptibility | 84 x10-5 SI units |
General Notes | Mn nodules, Mn coated pebbles and boulders. One boulder has a 2cm crust of Mn. Some pebbles were uncoated. Rock types: andesite, chert, pumice, soapstone? |
Ocean/Sea | Pacific Ocean |
Coordinates | -54.915, -114.813 (54° 54.9' S, 114° 48.8' W) |
Surface Features | Manganese staining |
Primary Field Logistics | Ship (Eltanin) |
Data Sources | 1971 Inventory of Rock Samples from Antarctic seas. Cruises 3 to 45 of USNS Eltanin. Geology Section, Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC) |
Date Collected | 1963-12-29 |
Field Year Collected | 1963 |
Donor | Florida State University |
Vessel Name | Eltanin |
Cruise Number | 11 |
Ship Station Number | 1 |
Rock Station Number | 1 |
ADDL # | 0881 |
Starting Depth (mbsl) | 3840 |
Finishing Depth (mbsl) | 3795 |
Dredge Sampling Device | Blake Trawl |
Dredging Coordinates | -54.915, -114.813 (54° 54.9' S, 114° 48.8' W) ➞ -55.167, -114.250 (55° 10' S, 114° 15' W) |
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Cite as:
The Polar Rock Repository (PRR), Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (BPCRC), Ohio State University: Polar rock and dredge samples available for research and educational use from the PRR.
doi:10.7289/V5RF5S18 [date of access]