Deep-sea Fe-Mn Crusts from the Northeast Atlantic Ocean: Composition and Resource Considerations

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-70

  Muiños, Susana Bolhão ^a,c   Hein, James R ^b   Frank, Martin ^c   Monteiro, José Hipólito ^a   Gaspar, Luís ^a   Conrad, Tracey ^b   Pereira, Henrique Garcia ^d   Abrantes, Fátima ^a  

^a LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

ferromanganese crusts; northeast Atlantic; Portuguese EEZ; resource considerations; seamounts

Indexed keywords

FERROMANGANESE CRUSTS; NORTH EAST ATLANTIC; PORTUGUESE EEZ; RESOURCE CONSIDERATIONS; SEAMOUNTS;

MANGANESE NODULES; PLATINUM; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

MANGANESE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FERROMANGANESE DEPOSIT; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SEAMOUNT; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); AZORES; CANARY ISLANDS; MADEIRA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

EID: 84873163919     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1064119X.2012.661215     Document Type: Article

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