The composition of ferromanganese crusts from the Atlantic Ocean

The ferromanganese crusts (FMC) formed on the surface of many underground mountains and hills are distributed in all oceans, but they have studied insufficiently so far, as studies were focused mainly on the crusts from the Pacific, which are highly enriched in nonferrous metals. Meanwhile, crusts f...

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Published in:Doklady earth sciences 2010-08, Vol.433 (2), p.1006-1011
Main Authors: Baturin, G. N., Dubinchuk, V. T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Ferromanganese
Geochemistry
Geology
Metals
Mineralogy
Mountains
Nonferrous metal industry
Nonferrous metals
Oceanography
Oceans
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Summary:The ferromanganese crusts (FMC) formed on the surface of many underground mountains and hills are distributed in all oceans, but they have studied insufficiently so far, as studies were focused mainly on the crusts from the Pacific, which are highly enriched in nonferrous metals. Meanwhile, crusts from the Atlantic Ocean are also of interest, especially after the discovery of significant deposits of crust ores on the Knipovich Ridge in the Atlantic Ocean, which have been described previously in several publications, but their mineral and chemical compositions need further detailed study. This paper describes new results concerning this problem.
ISSN:1028-334X
1531-8354
DOI:10.1134/S1028334X10080040