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: -27.87
Ship: Vema Longitude: 3.225
Cruise: VM27 (V2712) Water Depth(m): 1675 to 1727
Sample: 023RD Date: 19700221
Device: dredge, rock PI:
Storage: room temperature, dry IGSN:

Contact LDEO V2712 data at MGDS VM27 data at NGDC
1 :    bulk weight = 9.072 kg
Comments: 20 lbs
Description: 1 brittle star fish. 3 possible reef fragments, coated on one surface with a thin layer of manganese; 2 of the pieces have twig like protrusions whic may be part of a fan corals. Several large and many small fragments of chalk which is very firm.
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