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XVII.—The Composition of the Red Clay

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

F.W. Clarke
F.W. Clarke
Affiliation:
U.S. Geological Survey
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Extract

In the volume upon Deep-Sea Deposits, issued as one of the reports of the Challenger Expedition, there are published twenty-five analyses of the “red clay.” This sediment is now recognised as the most extensive and important of all the oceanic deposits, for it covers 51,500,000 square miles of the sea-floor, and is characteristic of the greatest depths. It is therefore obviously desirable to know its average composition as exactly as possible, and for that reason the following investigation was undertaken.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 27 , 1907 , pp. 167 - 171
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1907

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page 167 note * Deep-Sea Deposits, pp. 198, 201, and 425-435.

page 168 note * The analytical methods employed were those prescribed by Hillebrand in U.S.G.S. Bulletin 305.

page 168 note † A chart showing the position at which each sample was taken was also furnished with the material sent for analysis.

page 169 note * Deep-Sea Deposits, pp. 422, 423.