Morphological Features of Co-Rich Manganese Deposits and Their Relation to Seabed Slopes

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-76

  Sharma, Rahul ^b  

^a NATL INST FOR RSRC AND ENVIRON   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Co rich crusts; Morphological variations; Nodules; Seabed slopes; Sediments; Sizes; Surface features

Indexed keywords

COBALT; MANGANESE DEPOSIT; MARINE SEDIMENT; MORPHOLOGY; SEAFLOOR; SLOPE ANGLE; TOPOGRAPHY;

(CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034101509     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641190009353782     Document Type: Article

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