Globigerina ooze deposits
BRSMG-Cc6077
Holding institution:
Donor:
F G Pearcey
Licence:
Open Government Licence
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
21 March 1876 - 21 March 1876
Form:
Sample
Type status:
No
Station:
338
Station/Area Information
Station:
338
Date collected:
21/03/1876
Area:
Mid Atlantic Ridge
Water body:
Eastern Central Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
34
Depth (Fathoms):
1990 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-21.25
Decimal Longitude:
-14.03
Surface Temperature:
76.5°F
Bottom Temperature:
36.3°F
Gear:
Dredge
Sediment sample:
Globigerina ooze
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.0251
Temperature at 25 fathoms:
75.4°F
Temperature at 50 fathoms:
71.5°F
Temperature at 75 fathoms:
67.2°F
Temperature at 100 fathoms:
63°F
Temperature at 125 fathoms:
59.3°F
Temperature at 150 fathoms:
55.3°F
Temperature at 175 fathoms:
52.3°F
Temperature at 200 fathoms:
49.9°F
Temperature at 225 fathoms:
48°F
Temperature at 250 fathoms:
46°F
Temperature at 275 fathoms:
44.4°F
Temperature at 300 fathoms:
43°F
Temperature at 400 fathoms:
38.8°F
Temperature at 500 fathoms:
38.1°F
Temperature at 600 fathoms:
38°F
Temperature at 700 fathoms:
37.9°F
Temperature at 800 fathoms:
37.8°F
Temperature at 900 fathoms:
37.7°F
Temperature at 1000 fathoms:
37.6°F
Temperature at 1100 fathoms:
37.5°F
Temperature at 1200 fathoms:
37.4°F
Temperature at 1300 fathoms:
37.3°F
Temperature at 1400 fathoms:
37.2°F
Temperature at 1500 fathoms:
37.1°F
Notes:
Label reads: Globigerina ooze. Dried as obtained from dredge. Lat 21? 15S, Long 14?2W. Tropical Atlantic 1990 fthms
