National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), NOAA Satellite and Information Service US National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences
Index to Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples

Repository: LDEO Latitude: -30.4333
Ship: Robert D. Conrad Longitude: -36.0166
Cruise: RC16 Water Depth(m): 1522 to 1399
Sample: 012RD Date: 19720525
Device: dredge, rock PI:
Storage: room temperature, dry IGSN:

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1 :    bulk weight = 54.432 kg
Comments: 120 lbs
Description: Several large pieces and many smaller pieces the size of pebbles. They are mostly basaltic rock, some are sedimentary rocks: sandstones, limestones, coated by ferro-manganese oxide. The remainder consist of manganese crust, manganese nodules with basalt.
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