Cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts in the pacific

Handbook of Marine Mineral Deposits

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 239-279

  Hein, James R ^a   Koschinsky, Andrea ^b   Bau, Michael ^c   Manheim, Frank T ^d   Kang, Jung Keuk ^e   Roberts, Leanne ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

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