Description
Phosphorites and phosphatized rocks from the summit of the Rio Grande Rise (RGR) in the south Atlantic Ocean were collected via dredge during the oceanographic research cruise RGR1 to the western RGR. The location (latitude, longitude, depth), mineralogy, concentrations of phosphorus and rare earth elements, and 87Sr/86Sr ratios of phosphorites and phosphatized FeMn crusts, ironstones, and carbonates from 10 dredge sites are presented here. These data were used to determine the presence of carbonate fluorapatite in different rock types, the age of carbonate fluorapatite and the characteristics of the phosphatizing fluid.
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Tags
- assessments
- atlantic-ocean
- chemical-analysis
- cmhrp
- coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program
- dredge-sampling
- geochemistry
- geoscientificinformation
- global-ocean-mineral-resources
- isotopic-analysis
- mass-spectroscopy
- material-resources
- metallic-mineral-resources
- mineral-resources
- nonliving-resources
- oceans
- pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center
- pcmsc
- physical-chemical-features
- rio-grande-rise
- sediment-geochemistry
- u-s-geological-survey
- usgs
- usgs-f505c226-163c-423f-af48-37d8959183bc
- x-ray-diffraction