REPORT

of the

SCIENTIFIC RESULTS

of the
  
 VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER
DURING THE YEARS 1873-76

under the command of
 Captain GEORGE S. NARES, R.N. F.R.S.

and the late
Captain FRANK TOURLE THOMSON, R.N.

Prepared under the Superintendence of

the late
Sir. C. WYVILLE THOMSON, Knt., F.R.S., &c.
Regius Professor of Natural History in the University of Edinburgh
Director of the Civilian Scientific Staff on board

and now of
JOHN MURRAY, LL.D., Ph. D. &c.
One of the naturalists of the expedition.

 Report on the Deep-Sea deposits
Based on the
Specimens Collected During the Voyage.

by

  John Murray, LL.D.; Ph. D.,
 
and

Rev. A. F. Renard, LL.D, Ph. D.
Professor of geology and Mineralogy in the University of Ghent


1891


525 + 29 pp. with 35 figures and 29 plates.

This electronic edition prepared by Dr. David C. Bossard
from original documents in the library holdings of
Dartmouth College, Hanover New Hampshire.

June, 2006.

Copyright © 2006 by David C. Bossard





A high resolution  (800 ppi) world map showing the H.M.S. Challenger Track and Sounding Stations
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From Zoology Volume LIII, 1887.

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CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE  iii   iii

EDITORIAL NOTE  v   v

PREFACE   ix to x   ix  x

INTRODUCTION  xiii to xxix   xiii  xiv  xv  xvi  xvii  xviii  xix  xx  xxi  xxii  xxiii  xxiv  xxv  xxvi  xxvii  xxviii  xxix

CHAPTER I: On the Various Methods of Obtaining, Examining, and Describing Deep-Sea Deposits  1-32   001  002  003  004  005  006  007  008  009  010  011  012  013  014  015  016  017  018  019  020  021  022  023  024  025  026  027  028  029  030  031  032

CHAPTER II: On the Nature and Composition of the specimens of Deep-Sea deposits collected during the Challenger Expedition, and their Variations with Change of Conditions  33-183  033  034  035  036  037  038  039  040  041  042  043  044  045  046  047  048  049  050  051  052  053  054  055  056  057  058  059  060  061  062  063  064  065  066  067  068  069  070  071  072  073  074  075  076  077  078  079  080  081  082  083  084  085  086  087  088  089  090  091  092  093  094  095  096  097  098  099  100  101  102  103  104  105  106  107  108  109  110  111  112  113  114  115  116  117  118  119  120  121  122  123  124  125  126  127  128  129  130  131  132  133  134  135  136  137  138  139  140  141  142  143  144  145  146  147  148  149  150  151  152  153  154  155  156  157  158  159  160  161  162  163  164  165  166  167  168  169  170  171  172  173  174  175  176  177  178  179  180  181  182  183

CHAPTER III: On Recent Marine Formations and the different Types of Deep-Sea Deposits: Their Composition, Geograpohical and Bathymetrical Distribution, 184-248  184  185  186  187  188  189  190  191  192  193  194  195  196  197  198  199  200  201  202  203  204  205  206  207  208  209  210  211  212  213  214  215  216  217  218  219  220  221  222  223  224  225  226  227  228  229  230  231  232  233  234  235  236  237  238  239  240  241  242  243  244  245  246  247  248

CHAPTER IV: Materials of Organic Origin in Deep-Sea Deposits  249-288   249  250  251  252  253  254  255  256  257  258  259  260  261  262  263  264  265  266  267  268  269  270  271  272  273  274  275  276  277  278  279  280  281  282  283  284  285  286  287  288

CHAPTER V: Mineral Substances of Terrestrial and Extra-terrestrial Origin in Deep-Sea Deposits  289-334   289  290  291  292  293  294  295  296  297  298  299  300  301  302  303  304  305  306  307  308  309  310  311  312  313  314  315  316  317  318  319  320  321  322  323  324  325  326  327  328  329  330  331  332  333  334

CHAPTER VI: Chemical Products formed in situ on the Floor of the Ocean,  335-412   335  336  337  338  339  340  341  342  343  344  345  346  347  348  349  350  351  352  353  354  355  356  357  358  359  360  361  362  363  364  365  366  367  368  369  370  371  372  373  374  375  376  377  378  379  380  381  382  383  384  385  386  387  388  389  390  391  392  393  394  395  396  397  398  399  400  401  402  403  404  405  406  407  408  409  410  411  412


APPENDICES

I. Explanation of Charts and Diagrams 413-415   413  414  415

II. Report on an Analytical Examination of Manganese Nodules, by John Gibson, Ph. D., F.R.S.E., with diagram 417-423   417  418  419  420  421  422  423


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III. Chemical Analyses  425-496   425  426  427  428  429  430  431  432  433  434  435  436  437  438  439  440  441  442  443  444  445  446  447  448  449  450  451  452  453  454  455  456  457  458  459  460  461  462  463  464  465  466  467  468  469  470  471  472  473  474  475  476  477  478  479  480  481  482  483  484  485  486  487  488  489  490  491  492  493  494  495  496


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