Publication Date:
2023-08-28
Description:
This chapter discusses the formation and distribution of some metals in ocean-floor manganese nodules in the light of the observed data in the literature and thermodynamic and kinetic considerations of the oxidation of metal ions in the oceanic environment. There are, in general, two major schools of thought on the mechanism of incorporation of the minor elements such as nickel, copper, and cobalt with the major elements such as manganese and iron. One is the lattice substitution mechanism and the other the adsorption mechanism. If the mechanism is lattice substitution, extraction of the metal ions is not possible unless the lattice of the major elements is first broken and exchanged with other ions from the bulk solution. Consequently, the leaching behavior of minor elements should display a very close relationship with that of major elements.
Keywords:
2P-50; 2P-51; 2P-52; Date/Time of event; DEPTH, sediment/rock; DOWNWIND-H; Dredge; DRG; DWHD16; Elevation of event; Event label; Horizon; HRS1; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Loss on drying; NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database; NOAA-MMS; Pacific Ocean; Prospector; Prospector-63; Sample ID; SAN_JUAN_1963; SNJ-DH2; Spencer F. Baird
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 30 data points
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