Object # PRR-29869: Dredge
Primary Field # | ELT07-06-02 |
Secondary Field # | ARF000552 |
IGSN # | PRR029869 |
Kind of Object | Dredge |
Rock Type | Sedimentary |
Rock Name | Manganese Nodules |
Sample Description | [1 bag of manganese nodules] Mn stained glacial erratic pebbles |
Weight | 1020 g |
Susceptibility | 450 x10-5 SI units |
General Notes | Angular pebbles, igneous porphyry, gneiss |
Ocean/Sea | Scotia Sea |
Coordinates | -58.033, -45.067 (58° 2' S, 45° 4' W) |
Surface Features | Manganese staining |
Primary Field Logistics | Ship (Eltanin) |
Data Sources | Ship Log USNS Eltanin Marine Geology Cruises 1 to 8 1971 Inventory of Rock Samples from Antarctic seas. Cruises 3 to 45 of USNS Eltanin. Geology Section, Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC) |
Date Collected | 1963-02-15 |
Field Year Collected | 1963 |
Donor | Florida State University |
Vessel Name | Eltanin |
Cruise Number | 7 |
Ship Station Number | 6 B |
Rock Station Number | 2 |
ADDL # | 0480 |
Starting Depth (mbsl) | 2807 |
Finishing Depth (mbsl) | 2837 |
Dredge Sampling Device | Menzies Trawl |
Dredging Coordinates | -58.033, -44.933 (58° 2' S, 44° 56' W) ➞ -58.100, -44.783 (58° 6' S, 44° 47' 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]