(Table 1, Page 94) Elemental abundances in ferromanganese nodules and crusts from the Pernambuco Plateau and guyots off northeast Brazil
Ferromanganese deposits, mostly manganese crusts, are common in elevations along the northeastern Brazilian continental margin. Association of the deposits with more or less altered basaltic rock can be observed. On the Pernambuco Plateau and Ceara Guyot, ferromanganese deposits occur associated wit...
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1982
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Online Access: | https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.857854 https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.857854 |
Summary: | Ferromanganese deposits, mostly manganese crusts, are common in elevations along the northeastern Brazilian continental margin. Association of the deposits with more or less altered basaltic rock can be observed. On the Pernambuco Plateau and Ceara Guyot, ferromanganese deposits occur associated with phosphatic material and nodules. The mineralogical composition of the ferromanganese deposits indicates a predominance of the manganese oxide phase dMnO2. Low contents of Mn and Cu are characteristic of their chemical composition. Fe and Mn in the deposits probably precipitated from the sea water. |
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