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The NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Bibliography
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                title:  European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry
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            title:  The NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Bibliography
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        abstract:  From 1983 through 1992, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) compiled a comprehensive, computerized bibliography of offshore marine mineral deposits as a cooperative effort with the Ocean Minerals and Energy Division of the NOAA National Ocean Service, and the Office of International Activities and Marine Minerals (INTERMAR) of the Minerals Management Service (MMS). In October of 1992, the NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Bibliography (MMBIB) was released as a compact disc. The bibliography includes over 17,000 citations of references to sea floor deposits of ferromanganese (polymetallic) nodules and crusts, placers/heavy minerals, phosphorites, and polymetallic sulfides published from 1831 through 1990. References include key word categories indicating geographic area and type of study conducted. Subject key words are annotated with "general" or "technical" to indicate whether a subject was mentioned briefly, or was explored in detail. Key words also include the names of each mineral and each element mentioned in the article. Geographic keys include ocean or sea name, numeric designators for the ocean/sea, the name of any pertinent geographic feature, US exclusive economic zones (e.g. East Coast), and geologic setting. The NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals CD-ROM Data Set, produced by NGDC and partially funded by INTERMAR, contains the entire NGDC Marine Minerals Bibliography and Geochemical Database and several data files compiled by other organizations. The bibliography is searchable on-line on NGDC's web server. The NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Bibliography and geochemical database was incorporated by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) into their online compilation, which uses the NGDC MMBIB identification system for references.
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            keyword:  Geographic Region > Global Ocean
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            otherConstraints:  Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives.
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            otherConstraints:  While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
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                      Anchor:  DOI doi:10.7289/V52Z13FT
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                otherCitationDetails:  Grant, J. Bruce, Moore, Carla J., Alameddin, George, Chen, Kuiying, and Mark Barton (1992). The NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. doi:10.7289/V52Z13FT
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                otherCitationDetails:  Dr. Jean-Marie Monget is, through a PANGAEA project, extending and updating the original NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Bibliography and Geochemical Database released by the former National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) in 1992. NGDC is now part of the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
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                title:  The NeoNodule Project - A Summary
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                      Anchor:  DOI doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2297.0403
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                otherCitationDetails:  Jean-Marie Monget (2015): The NeoNodule Project - A Summary. ResearchGate, 5 pp. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2297.0403
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        supplementalInformation:  In July of 1992 NGDC transferred, on permanent loan, the collection of documents collected for the NGDC Marine Minerals Bibliography to the Marine Minerals Technology Center (MMTC), Ocean Basins Division, in Hawaii to facilitate public access to the collection. (Marine Minerals Technology Center, Ocean Basins Division, University of Hawaii, Look Laboratory, 811 Olomehani Street, Honolulu, HI 96814, 808-522-5611). Conditions of transfer were that the collection will be kept as a discrete set, filed according to the MMBIB number, in order to facilitate its use with the computerized NGDC Marine Minerals Bibliography and Geochemical Data Base, and will remain in the public domain, with free access (not duplication) provided to all interested parties. Publications generated using the collection are required to cite the NGDC Marine Minerals Bibliography as a source of information, including reference to NOAA/NGDC, and to the project sponsors, MMS/INTERMAR and NOAA/NOS/OMED. The United Nations-sponsored International Seabed Authority (ISA) has reworked most of the geochemical data from this CD-ROM set and is also updating/maintaining the bibliography with enhancements. Both are available online through the ISA central data repository.
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          RecordType:  An entry in the bibliography describing the contents of an article pertaining to marine mineral deposits in a standardized form using key words from a controlled vocabulary. Definitions are from the original instructions given to coders at NGDC.
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            name:  MMBIB Identifier
            definition:  A unique identifier for a reference within the NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Bibliography consisting of the first four letters of the (first) author last name, followed by the first letter of the (first) author first name, then the first letter of the (first) author middle name (a if no middle name), then the last two digits of the year of publication, then a two digit sequence number within the year. E.g., CRONTM8301 (Cronin, T.M., 1983). The MMBIB is also used to cross-reference source articles with geochemical data in the NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemistry database. This convention has been continued by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in their bibliography and geochemical databases which are partially derived from the NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Bibliography and Database.
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              Record:  This is not a predefined set of values.
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            definition:  The title of the reference
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            definition:  The title of the encompassing reference if the article is within a composite volume
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              Record:  This is not a predefined set of values.
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            definition:  The name of a series (journal, special publication series, etc.) of which the reference is a part
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              Record:  This is not a predefined set of values.
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            name:  Volume
            definition:  The number, issue, or other designator for a volume within a series.
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              Record:  This is not a predefined set of values.
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            definition:  The page numbers within an encompassing publication occupied by the reference.
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              Record:  This is not a predefined set of values.
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            name:  Crossreference
            definition:  Indication of a cross reference
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              Record:  This is not a predefined set of values.
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            name:  Part of MMBIB
            definition:  The MMBIB Identifier of an encompassing work of which this reference is part.
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              Record:  This is not a predefined set of values.
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            name:  Publication Type
            definition:  The MMBIB Identifier of an encompassing work of which this reference is part.
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            name:  Language
            definition:  The language in which the reference is written.
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              Record:  Name of language.
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            name:  Deposit type
            definition:  Type: Refers to the type of deposit being described on this form - more than one form is required (1 per type) if more than one relevant type of deposit is treated in the article. Deposit - Refers to an actual concentration of Manganese (crust, pavement, micronodules, nodules, etc.), Phosphorite (nodules, layers, massive deposits), Placer (Placer or Heavy Mineral study on a continental shelf or other insular margin less than 200 meters water depth - deposits where the only heavy mineral mentioned is pyrite do not qualify as heavy mineral/placer), or Polymetallic Sulfides (veins, stockwork, layers, massive sulfides, etc.) associated with hydrothermal systems in the ocean. Where the sulfides are finely disseminated in a hard rock rather than isolated as significant veins, etc., it is not considered to be a polymetallic sulfide deposit for purposes of this bibliography. This does not include disseminated Mn or Sulfides in sediments (including pyrite) unless closely associated with a hydrothermal vent or ridge system. It also does not include mn, sulfate, sulfide, phosphorus or phosphate dissolved in the water column, or phosphorus/phosphate disseminated in sediment. 'Phosphorite' is a specific term referring to a rock of higher than a certain % phosphorus - we don't draw a line because the % varies. Phosphorus is an element, and phosphates are a group of compounds - we are interested in 'phosphorites' or 'phosphate-rich' rocks, sand, gravel, pebbles, cobbles, crusts, or layers.
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              Record:  MN: Manganese/Ferromanganese
            rangeElement:
              Record:  PH: Phosphorite
            rangeElement:
              Record:  HM: Heavy Mineral/Placer
            rangeElement:
              Record:  PS: Polymetallic Sulfide
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Relevance 1
            definition:  Whole Article - refers to whether the type of mineral deposit on this form was the main subject of the article, or was only mentioned as a secondary (less important) subject. If any one chapter in a multiauthor volume has a relevance of P, then the entire multiauthor volume should be given a relevance of P for that deposit type.
            rangeElement:
              Record:  P = Primary Topic of Article
            rangeElement:
              Record:  S = Secondary Topic of Article
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Relevance 2
            definition:  For 1 digit fields - refers to whether this particular subject is covered in the article as a general, common knowledge, item, or is studied in technical detail - quantitative analyses are always technical, but some non-quantitative data can also be classified as technical.
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              Record:  T = Technical
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              Record:  G = General
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            name:  Subjects - Geochemistry
            definition:  where weight percentages of elements or compounds are measured within the deposit. Note - Any element/compound mentioned should be included as key word, type other, but only if it is mentioned in relation to a relevant deposit.
            rangeElement:
              Record:  T if actual weight percentages are presented in the article
            rangeElement:
              Record:  G if general ranges are discussed
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Subjects - Photographs
            definition:  Photographs included relevant to a mineral deposit.
            rangeElement:
              Record:  B = Bottom Photo (photo of the sea floor)
            rangeElement:
              Record:  S = Sample Photo (core, hand sample, microscopic)
            rangeElement:
              Record:  P = Photo, both (bottom photo and sample photo)
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Subjects - Mineralogy
            definition:  Any mineral mentioned should be included as an 'other key word'- only if it is mentioned in relation to a relevant deposit.
            rangeElement:
              Record:  G - if minerals within the deposit are just named.
            rangeElement:
              Record:  T - if weight percentages are given or methods (x-ray diffraction, etc.) are discussed in detail.
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Subject - Age Date
            definition:  Age dating of relevant mineral deposits included in reference.
            rangeElement:
              Record:  R = Relative (paleontologic/stratigraphic) date
            rangeElement:
              Record:  A = Absolute date
            rangeElement:
              Record:  B = Both relative (paleontologic/stratigraphic) and absolute date
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Subject - Deposit Genesis
            definition:  Discussion of method of deposit formation
            rangeElement:
              Record:  G - if mentioned, e.g., diagenetic
            rangeElement:
              Record:  T - if methods of deposit format are discussed in detail
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Subject - Growth/Accumulation
            definition:  where the rate of growth of nodules (or accumulation of matter by the deposit in general is given)
            rangeElement:
              Record:  T - technical discussion
            rangeElement:
              Record:  G - general discussion
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Subject - Geophysical Exploration
            definition:  For placer/heavy minerals articles. Refers to geophysical exploration directly related to the heavy mineral deposit ONLY. For example, a magnetometer survey to discover the limits of the deposit.
            rangeElement:
              Record:  T - technical discussion
            rangeElement:
              Record:  G - general discussion
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Subject - Grain Size
            definition:  For placer/heavy minerals articles. Refers to a grain size analysis of the actual heavy mineral-rich area or placer deposit ONLY.
            rangeElement:
              Record:  T - technical discussion
            rangeElement:
              Record:  G - general discussion
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Subject - Predictive Modeling
            definition:  For placer/heavy minerals articles. A study of the possible sources of the heavy minerals found in the deposit - development of a THEORETICAL MODEL to explain the deposit location, configuration, or composition, or predict location of other placers.
            rangeElement:
              Record:  T - technical discussion
            rangeElement:
              Record:  G - general discussion
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Subject - Surrounding Sediment/Geochemistry
            definition:  Sediment - When the sediment surrounding a deposit is studied, for manganese deposits, then use this category - it usually refers to sediments around hydrothermal vents or around Mn nodules. Used if the geochemistry of the sediment or its interstitial waters is given. Same criteria for T/G as in deposit, includes isotope chemistry of sediments.
            rangeElement:
              Record:  T - technical discussion
            rangeElement:
              Record:  G - general discussion
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Subject - Surrounding Sediment/Properties
            definition:  Sediment - When the sediment surrounding a deposit is studied, for manganese deposits, then use this category - it usually refers to sediments around hydrothermal vents or around Mn nodules. used if any physical properties of the sediment are measured - e.g., grain size, density, porosity, permeability, general makeup, thickness, etc.
            rangeElement:
              Record:  T - technical discussion
            rangeElement:
              Record:  G - general discussion
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Subject - Hard Rock Studies
            definition:  This category is used when hard rock associated with a deposit, or an area where deposit formation is likely (ie. around a hydrothermal vent) is studied, rather than/or in addition to, the actual mineral deposit. (if a hard rock study of a massive sulfide or phosphorite itself is made, then use the deposit category above). Any study of the rock qualifies - use appropriate key word type other to qualify the type of study.
            rangeElement:
              Record:  T - technical discussion
            rangeElement:
              Record:  G - general discussion
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Subject - Water Column Studies/Chemistry
            definition:  This refers to water above or surrounding a deposit, or a hydrothermal vent (not to interstitial or pore water of sediment, or fluid inclusions in hardrock). It can be used for hydrothermal vent waters after they exit the vent into the water column. Waters within vents are described using the key word type other fields. Any chemical study.
            rangeElement:
              Record:  T - technical discussion
            rangeElement:
              Record:  G - general discussion
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Subject - Water Column Studies/Temperature
            definition:  This refers to water above or surrounding a deposit, or a hydrothermal vent (not to interstitial or pore water of sediment, or fluid inclusions in hardrock). It can be used for hydrothermal vent waters after they exit the vent into the water column. Waters within vents are described using the key word type other fields. Any measurement of water temperature.
            rangeElement:
              Record:  T - technical discussion
            rangeElement:
              Record:  G - general discussion
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Subject - Economics
            definition:  The value, mining potential, or political/economic importance of a mineral deposit.
            rangeElement:
              Record:  T - technical discussion
            rangeElement:
              Record:  G - general discussion
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Subject - Instruments
            definition:  The instruments used to study, retrieve, or process the deposit are discussed (includes patents)
            rangeElement:
              Record:  T - technical discussion
            rangeElement:
              Record:  G - general discussion
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Subject - Law
            definition:  National or international laws, treaties, agreements, or principles are discussed
            rangeElement:
              Record:  T - technical discussion
            rangeElement:
              Record:  G - general discussion
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Subject - Extraction
            definition:  Also known as beneficiation - involves the removal of selected elements or compounds from deposit materials once they are recovered from the sea floor - may be chemical or mechanical or both (methods of recovery of material from the sea floor are instruments)
            rangeElement:
              Record:  T - technical discussion
            rangeElement:
              Record:  G - general discussion
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Subject - Environmental Impact
            definition:  Discussion of the impact of mining the deposit on the surrounding environment.
            rangeElement:
              Record:  T - technical discussion
            rangeElement:
              Record:  G - general discussion
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Subject - Biology
            definition:  Living organisms near the deposit are mentioned, or their possible role in the deposit formation is discussed (also note environmental impact, if applicable)
            rangeElement:
              Record:  T - technical discussion
            rangeElement:
              Record:  G - general discussion
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Settings - Geologic Setting
            definition:  Applicable geologic settings were indicated with an X in the column.
            rangeElement:
              Record:  Back-arc Basin
            rangeElement:
              Record:  Continental Margin
            rangeElement:
              Record:  Mid-Ocean Ridge
            rangeElement:
              Record:  Rift Zone
            rangeElement:
              Record:  Seamount
            rangeElement:
              Record:  Other
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Settings - Feature Name
            definition:  List all applicable names, if on present list, use exact spelling, if not, please add to the list. Maximum length of a feature name is 30 characters including blanks and punctuation. For deposits described as being offshore from a region with a placename (beach, town, etc.). Please code that placename as a feature name also. Definitely list all state names in the U.S. if known, from which the deposits are offshore.
            rangeElement:
              Record:  N/A proper name of feature used
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Settings - U.S. EEZ Zone
            definition:  An X in the field for a U.S. EEZ Zone indicates that a mineral deposit within that zone was discussed in the reference.
            rangeElement:
              Record:  U.S. EEZ Alaska
            rangeElement:
              Record:  U.S. EEZ American Samoa
            rangeElement:
              Record:  U.S. EEZ East Coast
            rangeElement:
              Record:  U.S. EEZ Gulf Coast
            rangeElement:
              Record:  U.S. EEZ Hawaii-Midway
            rangeElement:
              Record:  U.S. EEZ Howland-Baker Islands
            rangeElement:
              Record:  U.S. EEZ Jarvis Island
            rangeElement:
              Record:  U.S. EEZ Johnston Island
            rangeElement:
              Record:  U.S. EEZ Northern Marianas-Gua,
            rangeElement:
              Record:  U.S. EEZ Palmyra Atoll-Kingman Reef
            rangeElement:
              Record:  U.S. EEZ Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands
            rangeElement:
              Record:  U.S. EEZ Wake Island
            rangeElement:
              Record:  U.S. EEZ West Coast
            rangeElement:
              Record:  U.S. EEZ General
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Settings - L.O.S. Areas
            definition:  Three digit codes for ocean areas from the International Hydrographic Organization (1953). Limits of Oceans and Seas. International Hydrographic Organization Special Publication No 23, 3rd edition, Monte Carlo. Use 999 for Worldwide See map and list of area codes - code 2-digit number in first 2 blanks of field, leaving 3rd blank for letter code.
            rangeElement:
              Record:  3 digit code - see source
        rangeElementDescription:  (MI_RangeElementDescription)
            name:  Key Words - Other
            definition:  Note all minerals, elements, and compounds studied which DIRECTLY RELATE TO THE DEPOSIT. Use proper names, not chemical formulas. Note the form of the deposit (nodules, pellets, etc.), for placer/heavy mineral deposits note if it is a placer or heavy mineral. Note any major topic in the article not covered by these instructions - check indexes in bibliography to try to keep terms consistent, where possible. Always note the following when they are discussed in an article; Please spell out words exactly - do not use portion in parentheses.
            rangeElement:
              Record:  ABUNDANCE (usually of nodules - includes surface density)
            rangeElement:
              Record:  AMINO ACIDS (aging - also note age of A/B as appropriate under deposit)
            rangeElement:
              Record:  COSMIC SPHERULES (also chondrites - usually as nuclei in Mn nodules)
            rangeElement:
              Record:  DISTRIBUTION (maps of deposit locations)
            rangeElement:
              Record:  DOMES (Deep Ocean Mining Environmental Studies)
            rangeElement:
              Record:  EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS
            rangeElement:
              Record:  FLUID INCLUSIONS(in hard rock)
            rangeElement:
              Record:  GLORIA
            rangeElement:
              Record:  INTERSTITIAL WATERS (of sediment)
            rangeElement:
              Record:  ISOTOPES (measured within deposit)
            rangeElement:
              Record:  LABORATORY SIMULATION (conditions recreated in a laboratory)
            rangeElement:
              Record:  LAND (when land deposit is the main topic of discussion)
            rangeElement:
              Record:  MAGNETICS (of the deposit - not general geophysical measurements in area)
            rangeElement:
              Record:  MAP (if oversize, foldout, map included, also note distribution)
            rangeElement:
              Record:  POROSITY-DENSITY (of nodules)
            rangeElement:
              Record:  RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES (also note isotopes)
            rangeElement:
              Record:  SEABEAM (may or may not relate directly to a deposit)
            rangeElement:
              Record:  SEAMARC
            rangeElement:
              Record:  SORPTION PROPERTIES (usually of an Mn deposit)
            rangeElement:
              Record:  SOUND SCATTERING PROPERTIES (usually of Mn deposits)
            rangeElement:
              Record:  SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER (may be referred to as SPM in article)
            rangeElement:
              Record:  VENT PROCESSES (ie. circulation patterns of hydrothermal vents)
            rangeElement:
              Record:  Any other key word as described above
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              Record:  n: Latitude value is north of the equator.
            rangeElement:
              Record:  s: Latitude measured is south of the equator.
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                code:  In Situ/Laboratory Instruments
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            description:  Instrument Type: Sea floor and lakebed geologic sampling (coring, drilling, dredging, trawling, and/or grab sampling devices) and/or in situ measurements (cameras, visual observations, and/or recorders/loggers)
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                code:  In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > SHIPS
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