Ferromanganese nodules and crusts from the Christmas Island region, Indian Ocean

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 275-297

  Exon, N F ^a   Raven, M D ^b   De Carlo, E H ^c  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Christmas Island; Deep ocean; Diagenetic; Ferromanganese crusts; Ferromanganese nodules; Hydrogenetic; Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE NODULES; VOLCANOES; WATER;

VOLCANIC RIDGES;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

DEEP WATER; DIAGENESIS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; FERROMANGANESE DEPOSIT; OCEANIC CRUST;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0036822539     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03608860290051958     Document Type: Article

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