Comparison of internal structures of marine manganese deposits of hydrogenetic, diagenetic and hydrothermal origins

Resource Geology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-54

  Hatta, Yumi ^a   Watanabe, Makoto ^a   Hoshino, Kenichi ^a   Usui, Akira ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagenetic origin; Hydrogenetic origin; Hydrothermal origin; Internal structure; Manganese nodules; Mineralogy

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MANGANESE; MANGANESE NODULE; MINERALOGY; TODOROKITE;

EID: 0043139997     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.1999.tb00031.x     Document Type: Article

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