Chemical analysis of manganese nodules from the Cape Leeuwin field, southeast Indian Ocean ...
Manganese nodules from 36 stations in the Cape Leeuwin field were analyzed for Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu and Co and the results were combined with earlier work to demonstrate quantitative and geographic variations. Nodules in this field are moderately enriched in Ni, moderately depleted in Cu, and contain inte...
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| Language: | English |
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1982
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.857971 https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.857971 |
| Summary: | Manganese nodules from 36 stations in the Cape Leeuwin field were analyzed for Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu and Co and the results were combined with earlier work to demonstrate quantitative and geographic variations. Nodules in this field are moderately enriched in Ni, moderately depleted in Cu, and contain intermediate values of Co. The sum of Ni + Cu vs. Mn/Fe plots along a hyperbolic regression line derived from nodules of the southeastern Pacific, suggesting that this relationship has general applicability. Regional variations in nodule grade (Ni + Cu + Co) assist in defining pathways of Antarctic Bottom Water between the Southeast Indian Ridge and the Wharton basin. ... : Data extracted of previously unpublished material by LA Frakes (hdl:10013/epic.46826.d001).From 1983 until 1989 NOAA-NCEI compiled the NOAA-MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database from journal articles, technical reports and unpublished sources from other institutions. At the time it was the most extended data compilation on ferromanganese deposits world wide. Initially published in a proprietary format incompatible with present day standards it was jointly decided by AWI and NOAA to transcribe this legacy data into PANGAEA. This transfer is augmented by a careful checking of the original sources when available and the encoding of ancillary information (sample description, method of analysis...) not present in the NOAA-MMS database. ... |
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