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Sea bed sediment samples and nodules collected from various sampling locations around the world by the HMS Challenger expedition, 1872-1876, and HMS Bulldog, 1860.

Sea bed sediment samples and nodules collected by HMS Challenger and HMS Bulldog

1860-1876

Sample of ‘blue mud’ collected by HMS Challenger from the South Atlantic Ocean at a depth of 1900 fathoms, 1872-1876. Collection site was station 323.

Sample of ‘blue mud' collected by HMS Challenger, 1872-1876

1872-1876

Sample of ‘Pteropod ooze’, collected by HMS Challenger from the western Atlantic Ocean, north of Culebra Island, West Indies, at a depth of 390 fathoms, 1872-1876. Collection site was station 24.

Sample of ‘Pteropod ooze' collected by HMS Challenger, 1872-1876

1872-1876

Sample of ‘blue mud’, collected by HMS Challenger from the Western Pacific Ocean, south of Mindanao, Philippines, at a depth of 2050 fathoms, 1872-1876. Collection site was station 213.

Sample of ‘blue mud' collected by HMS Challenger, 1872-1876

1872-1876

Sample of ‘Chocolate clay’, collected by HMS Challenger from the South Pacific Ocean, south of Tahiti, at a depth of 2385 fathoms, 1872-1876. Collection site was station 281.

Sample of ‘Chocolate clay’collected by HMS Challenger, 1872-1876

1872-1876

Sample of ‘red clay’, collected by HMS Challenger from the Pacific Ocean, south of Hawaii, at a depth of 2900 fathoms, 1872-1876.

Sample of ‘red clay' collected by HMS Challenger, 1872-1876

1872-1876

Sample of small manganese nodules collected by HMS Challenger from the South Pacific Ocean, north of Tahiti, at a depth of 2350 fathoms, on 16 September 1875. Collection site was station 276, at latitude 13°2.8’S and longitude 149°30’W.

Sample of small manganese nodules collected by HMS Challenger, 1875

1875-09-16

Sample of ‘Globigerina ooze’ in dry condition, collected by HMS Challenger from the South Atlantic Ocean, south west of St Helena, between Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha, at a depth of 1990 fathoms, 1872-1876. Collection site was station 338. Globigerina is a genus of planktonic Foraminifera; shells of these tiny animals dominate vast areas of the deep sea floor.

Sample of ‘Globigerina ooze’ collected by HMS Challenger, 1872-1876

1872-1876

Sample of ‘red clay’, collected by HMS Challenger from the South Atlantic Ocean, north of the Sandwich Islands, at a depth of 2950 fathoms, 1872-1876. Collection site was station 256.

Sample of ‘red clay’, collected by HMS Challenger, 1872-1876

1872-1876

Sample of ‘wet globigerina ooze’, collected by HMS Challenger from the South Atlantic Ocean, between Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha, at a depth of 1990 fathoms, 1872-1876. Collection site was station 338.

Sample of ‘wet globigerina ooze’ collected by HMS Challenger, 1872-1876

1872-1876