Seabed Disposal Program: geochemical and sedimentological studies of north Pacific sediments. Progress report, January 1, 1975--December 31, 1975 (including quarterly progress report, October 1, 1975--December 31, 1975)
Continued work on field data and cores from study are MPG-2 (33/sup 0/20'N, 151/sup 0/00'W) has shown that sediments are being laid down over the entire region, but that the rate of deposition in depressions is up to 70 percent greater than the rate on ridge tops. The relative fractionation has generally been constant for more than 30 million years, leading to a high degree of confidence in the predictability of the geologic future of the region, and implying that singular events and climatic changes have little effect on patterns of deposition. Continued monitoring of manganese nodule compositions has failedmore »