"BASE DE DONNEES GEOCHIMIQUES DES DEPOTS FERROMANGANESIFERES D'ORIGINE OCEANIQUE LACUSTRE ET FOSSILE" README file NGDC Data Set # 0251 obtained from: U.S. Department of Commerce National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) (http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/mggd.html) & collocated World Data Center for Marine Geology & Geophysics (http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/wdcmgg) _______________________________________________________________________ NOTE: PLEASE CITE ORIGINAL REFERENCE WHEN USING THESE DATA _______________________________________________________________________ CONTRIBUTOR: Dr. J. M. Monget DATA SET NAME: CNEXO Nodule Analysis File LAST UPDATE: 1979 GEOGRAPHIC REGION: Global DATA VOLUME: approximately 2.2 mbytes MGG IDENTIFIER: MGG67995001 LIST OF FILES monget.txt, README (this file) SUMMARY The Centre National Pour l'Exploitation des Oceans (CNEXO) ferromanganese nodule analysis files consist of geochemical data from published reports pertaining to oceanic ferromanganese deposits, including Russian, since 1891. Data were compiled under the direction of J.M. Monget of Ecoles de Mines, Paris through 1976 and contain data for nearly 200 core, dredge, and grab samples. Data include method of analysis, oxide/item/element concentrations, location, water depth, sample lithology, and bibliographic references. The CNEXO data are also available as part of the NGDC marine minerals database and are offered on the NOAA & MMS Marine Minerals CD-ROM data set released by NGDC in October of 1992. AVAILABILITY Data are available for free download from NGDC's Web server. NGDC/WDC MGG Technical Contact: Carla Moore NOAA/NGDC E/GC3 325 Broadway Boulder, CO 80305 USA phone: 303-497-6339 fax: 303-497-6513 email: Carla.J.Moore@noaa.gov DOCUMENTATION ___________________________________________________________________________ "BASE DE DONNEES GEOCHIMIQUES DES DEPOTS FERROMANGANESIFERES D'ORIGINE OCEANIQUE LACUSTRE ET FOSSILE" M. Albuisson A. Monget J.M. Monget P. Roux contrats CNEXO 73-74-75 Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Mines De Paris Centre D'Informatique Geologique Laboratoire De Ressources Terrestres 35 Rue Saint - Honore, 77305 Fontainebleau ___________________________________________________________________________ This data file was created with funding the International Decade of Ocean Exploration. The data file is found in subdirectory \DATA\CNEXO on this CD-ROM. Data from the file for ocean areas are also represented in the NGDC Marine Minerals Database and are fully searchable through the select/retrieval software provided with the CD-ROM. For more complete information on this data file, methods, formats, references, etc., please see the publications: Albuisson, M., Monget, A., Monget, J. M., and P. Roux, 1977, Base de donnees geochimiques des depots ferromanganiferes d'origine oceanique, lacustre et fossile: Centre National pour l'Exploitation des Oceans Monographie, CONTRATS-73-74-75, 50 p. and Monget, J. M., Murray, J. W., and J. Mascle, 1976, A world-wide compilation of published, multicomponent/analyses of ferromanganese concretions: National Science Foundation, International Decade of Ocean Exploration Manganese Nodule Project Technical Report no. 12, 180 p. FORMAT DESCRIPTION GENERAL INFORMATION MGG ID: 67995001 RECORD LENGTH: 50 TOTAL NUMBER OF RECORDS: 45,381 NUMBER OF SAMPLES: 2,190 NUMBER OF SAMPLES WITH LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE: 1,850 (SOME SAMPLES ARE MISSING LATITUDE AND/OR LONGITUDES) POSITIVE WATER DEPTHS REPRESENT LAND DATA. SUMMARY OF DATA TYPE CODES DATA TYPE A1: DATA ORGANIZATION (LISTS THE NUMBER RECORDS OF THE INFORMATION FOR OTHER CODES) DATA TYPE I1: IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION DATA TYPE U2: OXYDES DATA TYPE U3: VARIOUS COMPONENTS AND RESIDUALS DATA TYPE U4: METALLIC ELEMENTS DATA TYPE U5: GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION DATA TYPE U6: GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT DATA TYPE U7: UNKNOWN DATA TYPE U8: UNKNOWN DATA TYPE U9: UNKNOWN FORMAT DESCRIPTION OF DATA TYPES DATA TYPE A1, (DATA ORGANIZATION, FORTRAN FORMAT (1X,A6,9I2,22X,A3)) COLUMN 1 CARRIAGE CONTROL CHARACTER COLUMN 2-7 NODULE CODE COLUMN 8-9 NUMBER OF ENTRIES OF DATA TYPE I1 COLUMN 10-11 NUMBER OF ENTRIES OF DATA TYPE U2 COLUMN 12-13 NUMBER OF ENTRIES OF DATA TYPE U3 COLUMN 14-15 NUMBER OF ENTRIES OF DATA TYPE U4 COLUMN 16-17 NUMBER OF ENTRIES OF DATA TYPE U5 COLUMN 18-19 NUMBER OF ENTRIES OF DATA TYPE U6 COLUMN 20-21 NUMBER OF ENTRIES OF DATA TYPE U7 COLUMN 22-23 NUMBER OF ENTRIES OF DATA TYPE U8 COLUMN 24-25 NUMBER OF ENTRIES OF DATA TYPE U9 COLUMN 48-50 DATA TYPE CODE DATA TYPE I1, (ID-INFO, FORTRAN FORMAT (1X,A6,4A10,A3)) COLUMN 1 CARRIAGE CONTROL CHARACTER COLUMN 2-7 NODULE CODE COLUMN 8-17 STATION ID COLUMN 18-27 EXPERIMENTER)S NAME COLUMN 28-37 AUTHOR)S NAME COLUMN 38-47 METHOD OF ANALYSES COLUMN 48-50 DATA TYPE CODE DATA TYPE U2, (OXYDES, FORTRAN FORMAT (1X,A6,A4,A1,I4,31X,A3)) COLUMN 1 CARRIAGE CONTROL CHARACTER COLUMN 2-7 NODULE CODE COLUMN 8-11 OXYDE CODE COLUMN 12 UNITS EMPLOYED COLUMN 13-16 CONCENTRATION COLUMN 48-50 DATA TYPE CODE DATA TYPE U3, (VARIOUS COMPOUNDS AND RESIDUALS, FORTRAN FORMAT (1X,A6,A5,A1,I4,3 COLUMN 1 CARRIAGE CONTROL CHARACTER COLUMN 2-7 NODULE CODE COLUMN 8-12 ITEM CODE COLUMN 13 UNITS EMPLOYED COLUMN 14-17 CONCENTRATION COLUMN 48-50 DATA TYPE CODE DATA TYPE U4, (METALLIC ELEMENTS, FORTRAN FORMAT (1X,A6,A2,A1,I6,31X,A3)) COLUMN 1 CARRIAGE CONTROL CHARACTER COLUMN 2-7 NODULE CODE COLUMN 8-9 ELEMENT CODE COLUMN 10 UNITS EMPLOYED COLUMN 11-16 CONCENTRATION COLUMN 48-50 DATA TYPE CODE DATA TYPE U5, (GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION, FORTRAN FORMAT (1X,A6,A4,F10.4,26X,A3)) COLUMN 1 CARRIAGE CONTROL CHARACTER COLUMN 2-7 NODULE CODE COLUMN 8-11 LATITUDE-LONGITUDE-DEPTH CODE COLUMN 12-21 LATITUDE-LONGITUDE-DEPTH DATA COLUMN 48-50 DATA TYPE CODE DATA TYPE U6, (GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT, FORTRAN FORMAT (1X,A6,A4,A10,26X,A3)) COLUMN 1 CARRIAGE CONTROL CHARACTER COLUMN 2-7 NODULE CODE COLUMN 8-11 GEOLOGICAL CODE COLUMN 12-21 TEXT COLUMN 48-50 DATA TYPE CODE DETAILS OF CODES SUMMARY OF COMMON FIELDS CARRIAGE CONTROL CHARACTER- CONTROLS SPACING FOR PRINTOUT NODULE CODE- USED TO IDENTIFY SAMPLE UNIQUELY THE FIRST PART IS THE CODE BASED UPON THE AUTHOR)S NAME THE SECOND PART IS THE SEQUENCE NUMBER DATA TYPE- TWO CHARACTERS WHICH DESCRIBE TYPE OF DATA FOUND ON THE RECORD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (CODES) DATA TYPE I1. CODES FOR METHOD OF ANALYSES: SPECTRO-CO # EMISSION SPECTROGRAPHY WETCHEM-CO # WET CHEMICAL ANALYSIS ATOMIC-ABS # ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY NEUTRON-ACT # RADIOMETRIC MEASUREMENT BY NEUTRON FLUX ACTIVATION X-RAYFLUOR # SPECTROMETRIC MEASUREMENT BY X-RAY FLUORESCENCE MICRO-PROB # MICROPROBE ANALYSIS DATA TYPE U2. OXYDE CODES: AL20 (AL2O3) BAO CAO, COO, CR2O (CR2O3), CUO FE2O (FE2O3),FEO, FETO (FEO&FE2O3) K20 MGO, MNO, MNO2, MNTO (MNO&MNO2), MN30 (MN3O4), MOO3 NA20, MIO, NB20 (NB2O5) PBO, P2O5 SIO2, SNO2, SRO TIO2, TA2O (TA2O5) V205 WO3 ZNO, ZRO2 UNITS EMPLOYED: P- PERCENTAGE R- PARTS PER MILLION DATA TYPE U3. ITEM CODES: CACO3, CASO4, CAPO, CO2, CL C.ORG (ORGANIC CARBON) C.INO (INORGANIC CARBON) DRLO (LOSS AT DRYING) H20, H20&, H20- IGLO (LOSS AT IGNITION) INSOL (INSOLUBLE) INRE (RESIDUE) MGCO3 N, NACL O2 (FREE OXYGEN) S, SO2, SO3 RESIN (INSOLUBLE RESIDUE) UNITS EMPLOYED: P- PERCENTAGE DATA TYPE U4. ELEMENT CODES: AG, AL, AS B, BA, BE, BI, BR CA, CD, CE, CO, CR, CU EV, EU F, FE GA, GE HF K LA, LI, LU MG, MN, MO N, NA, NB, NI, ND P, PB RA, RB S, SB, SC, SI, SM, SN, SR TE, TH, TI, TL, TB, TA V W Y, YB ZN, ZR UNITS EMPLOYED: M- PARTS PER MILLION P- PARTS PER MILLION DATA TYPE U5. LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, WATER DEPTH CODES: LAT- LATITUDE CODE LON- LONGITUDE CODE ALT- WATER DEPTH CODE (LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES ARE REPORTED IN DEGREES AND DECIMAL DEGREES) (WATER DEPTHS ARE REPORTED IN METERS) DATA TYPE U6. GEOLOGICAL CODES: GEO- BROAD ENVIRONMENTAL CATEGORY SEA-FLOOR SHALLO-WT LAND ORE (NON-MARINE) LAND DEPOS (NON-MARINE) LAKE TYPE - DESCRIPTION OF THE GENERAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE SAMPLE SUCH AS: NODULE CRUST CONCRETION COATING SPHE (SPHEROIDS)