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: -51.3666
Ship: Vema Longitude: 13.6
Cruise: VM29 (V2905) Water Depth(m): 3032
Sample: 006RD Date: 19720409
Device: dredge, rock PI:
Storage: room temperature, dry IGSN:

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Description: Of the two rocks dredged: one is igneous rock, very slightly weathered with a 2 mm thick manganese crust; the other rock is basalt with little or no weathering and a thin (<1 mm) manganese crust. Both rocks are subround and show no fresh exposures.
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