Chemical analysis of sediments from the Galapagos Spreading Center (DSDP Leg 54, site 424)

The deposits from the DSDP Site 424 hole are divided into two major categories according to the relative proportions of the green clay-rich fractions and the presence of Fe-Mn concretions. The Fe-Mn concretions are associated with interlayers of pelagic foraminiferal nannofossil ooze from the Upper Pleistocene. This carbonate ooze is rather enriched in Mn by comparison with the green clay-rich fractions. Representative carbonate ooze samples have been chemically analysed by Cambon P. and Etoubleau J. from COB-CNEXO (Ifremer) using X-ray fluorescence.