Copper-nickel-rich, amalgamated ferromanganese crust-nodule deposits from Shatsky Rise, NW Pacific

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Hein, J R ^a   Conrad, T A ^a   Frank, M ^b   Christl, M ^c   Sager, W W ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age dating; Deep water; Diagenetic crusts; Ferromanganese crusts and nodules; High Cu, Ni, Li, Th; Mid latitudes

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; COBALT; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEPOSITS; ISOTOPES; MANGANESE NODULES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AGE DATING; DEEPWATER; DIAGENETICS; FERROMANGANESE CRUSTS; MIDLATITUDES;

COPPER NICKEL DEPOSITS;

EID: 84868337130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004286     Document Type: Article

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