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

作者: Susana Bolhão Muiños , James R. Hein , Martin Frank , José Hipólito Monteiro , Luís Gaspar

DOI: 10.1080/1064119X.2012.661215

关键词:

摘要: Eighteen deep-sea ferromanganese crusts (Fe-Mn crusts) from 10 seamounts in the northeast Atlantic were studied. Samples recovered water depths of 1,200 to 4,600 m near Madeira, Canary and Azores islands, one sample western Mediterranean Sea. The mineralogical chemical compositions samples indicate that are typical continental margin, hydrogenetic Fe-Mn crusts. exhibit a Co + Cu Ni maximum 0.96 wt%. Platinum-group element contents analyzed for five showed Pt 153 512 ppb. resource potential within adjacent Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is evaluated be comparable central Pacific, indicating these deposits may an important future resource.

参考文章(58)
Kamil A. Bekiashev, Vitali V. Serebriakov, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) International Marine Organizations. pp. 418- 441 ,(1981) , 10.1007/978-94-009-8261-1_32
G. P. Glasby, Marine manganese deposits Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co. , distributors for the U.S. and Canada, Elsevier/North-Holland. ,(1977)
Wallace S Broecker, Tsung-Hung Peng, Tracers in the Sea ,(1982)
Stuart Ross Taylor, Scott M. McLennan, The continental crust: Its composition and evolution An examination of the geochemical record preserved in sedimentary rocks.. ,vol. 312, ,(1985)
D.S. Cronan, Chapter 2 Deep-Sea Nodules: Distribution and Geochemistry Marine Manganese Deposits. ,vol. 15, pp. 11- 44 ,(1977) , 10.1016/S0422-9894(08)71016-X
James D. Craig, James E. Andrews, Maurice A. Meylan, Ferromanganese deposits in the Hawaiian Archipelago Marine Geology. ,vol. 45, pp. 127- 157 ,(1982) , 10.1016/0025-3227(82)90183-9
I. Ambar, M.R. Howe, Observations of the Mediterranean outflow—I mixing in the Mediterranean outflow Deep Sea Research Part A. Oceanographic Research Papers. ,vol. 26, pp. 535- 554 ,(1979) , 10.1016/0198-0149(79)90095-5
Andrea Koschinsky, Peter Halbach, Sequential leaching of marine ferromanganese precipitates: Genetic implications Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. ,vol. 59, pp. 5113- 5132 ,(1995) , 10.1016/0016-7037(95)00358-4
Michael Bau, Andrea Koschinsky, Peter Dulski, James R. Hein, Comparison of the partitioning behaviours of yttrium, rare earth elements, and titanium between hydrogenetic marine ferromanganese crusts and seawater Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. ,vol. 60, pp. 1709- 1725 ,(1996) , 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00063-4