Blue mud deposits
BRSMG-Cc6145
Holding institution:
Donor:
F G Pearcey
Licence:
Open Government Licence
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
3 October 1874 - 3 October 1874
Form:
Sample
Type status:
No
Station:
195
Station/Area Information
Station:
195
Date collected:
03/10/1874
Area:
Off Banda, Maluku, Indonesia
Water body:
Banda Sea
FAO:
71
Depth (Fathoms):
1425 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-4.35
Decimal Longitude:
129.12
Surface Temperature:
82°F
Bottom Temperature:
38°F
Gear:
Trawl
Sediment sample:
Blue mud
Specific Gravity at water bottom:
1.02762
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.0227
Notes:
Label reads: Washings of a 'Blue Mud'. Dredged from the Banda Sea, off Ceram Island. Depth 1425 fathoms. In pencil inside box: Station 195
