A gravity coring technique applied to cobalt-rich manganese deposits in the pacific ocean

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 315-334

  Chu, Jin S ^b   Tsurusaki, Katsuya ^a  

^a NATL INST FOR RSRC AND ENVIRON   (Japan)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Buried deposits; Calcareous sediments; Cobalt rich manganese deposits; Gravity coring; Pacific seamounts

Indexed keywords

COBALT DEPOSITS; DATA ACQUISITION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT;

GRAVITY CORING TECHNIQUE;

MANGANESE NODULES;

COBALT; COBALT-RICH; FERROMANGANESE DEPOSIT; FERROMANGANESE DEPOSITS; GRAVITY CORERS; GRAVITY CORING; SEAMOUNT; SEAMOUNTS;

PACIFIC;

EID: 0030265279     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641199609388320     Document Type: Article

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