Chemical composition of polymetallic nodules from the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone analysed by SEM-EDS

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Three polymetallic nodules from the eastern Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCZ), equatorial Pacific Ocean, were analysed to document their internal texture and geochemical composition. Polished thin sections of the three nodules were examined using Scanning Electron Microscopy - Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) to obtain semi-quantitative measurements of major and minor element concentrations along cross-sectional transects. The analyses were conducted at microlayer scale within different growth laminae of the nodules. The dataset was generated to characterize small-scale compositional variability of CCZ polymetallic nodules and to provide quantitative geochemical data for studies on nodule growth structures and formation processes.

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DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.993607
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Creator Artz, Sophia Ellida ORCID logo; Stratmann, Tanja ORCID logo; Zhou, Lingli
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2026
Funding Reference Dutch Research Council https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003246 Crossref Funder ID 856.18.003 https://www.nwo.nl/projecten/85618003 Deep Sea Mining: Fate & toxicity of the sediment plume 2; Dutch Research Council https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003246 Crossref Funder ID NWA.1745.23.1 https://www.nwo.nl/projecten/nwa1745231 MiningImpact 3; Dutch Research Council https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003246 Crossref Funder ID OCENW.XS24.2.193 https://www.nwo.nl/en/projects/ocenwxs242193 Deep-sea sponges as sinks of dissolved inorganic carbon; European Research Council https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000781 Crossref Funder ID 101221692 https://doi.org/10.3030/101221692 Nitrogen cycling in modern sponges with clues about their role in past oceans
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; Data access is restricted (moratorium, sensitive data, license constraints); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 8542 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-117.024 LON, 11.930 LAT)