Accession Number:
ADA030963
Title:
Identification of Samples of Objects Recovered from Ocean Floor
Descriptive Note:
Miscellaneous paper
Corporate Author:
ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MS
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Report Date:
1973-01-01
Pagination or Media Count:
22.0
Abstract:
Several pieces of objects recovered from the ocean floor near Bimini were examined by X-ray and analyzed petrographically. The objects consisted of calcite, brucite, a complex calcium aluminum hydrate, quartz, hydrogarnet, a little ettringite, and some sort of calcium alumino-ferrite. The objects are believed to be remnants of construction materials that were being transported by ship and subsequently came to rest perhaps because of shipwreck on the ocean floor. A copy of an article written for Nature by Mr. Wyman Harrison in which the findings of the examination mentioned above are cited is included.
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Subject Categories:
- Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralogy