Distribution characteristics of co-rich manganese deposits on a seamount in the central Pacific Ocean

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 283-305

  Yamazaki, Tetsuo ^a   Sharma, Rahul ^a,b  

^a NATL INST FOR RSRC AND ENVIRON   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Buried crust; Co rich Mn crust; Coverage; Distribution

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SEDIMENTS; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

STEREO PHOTOGRAPHS;

MANGANESE DEPOSITS;

COBALT; MANGANESE DEPOSIT; NODULATION; SEAMOUNT;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032194035     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641199809379973     Document Type: Article

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