Occurrence and physical setting of ferromanganese nodules beneath the deep western boundary current, southwest pacific ocean

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-41

  Wright, I C ^a   Graham, I J ^b   Chang, S W ^c   Choi, H ^c   Lee, S R ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Campbell Plateau; Deep Western Boundary Current; Ferromanganese nodules

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; FERROMANGANESE DEPOSIT;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); WORLD;

EID: 20044382276     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2005.9515096     Document Type: Article

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