Chemical analysis of manganese nodules from the Cape Leeuwin field, southeast Indian Ocean ...

• Main Author: Frakes, Lawrence A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1982
• Subjects: NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database NOAA-MMS; Antarc*; Antarctic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.857971; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.857971

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...