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Regional Occurrence and Sedimentary Environment of Manganese Nodule in KODOS area, C-C zone of NE Pacific

북동태평양 한국 심해저 연구지역 망간단괴의 지역적 분포와 퇴적환경

  • 지상범 (한국해양연구원 해양지질자원연구본부 심해저자원연구센터) ;
  • 강정극 (한국해양연구원 해양지질자원연구본부 심해저자원연구센터) ;
  • 오재경 (인하대학교 해양학과) ;
  • 손승규 (한국해양연구원 해양지질자원연구본부 심해저자원연구센터) ;
  • 박정기 (한국해양연구원 해양지질자원연구본부 심해저자원연구센터)
  • Published : 2003.09.30
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Abstract

Deep-sea bottom photographs acquired in the Clarion-Clipperton fracture zone of the northeast equatorial Pacific were analyzed to reveal the controlling processes for the spatial variation of manganese nodule. The results show that regional-scale occurrence variations of manganese nodule are mainly controlled by primary productivity of surface water, sedimentation rate, and water depth (or carbonate compensation depth). As a result, the diagenetic accretion on nodules increases toward southwest while hydrogenetic accretion increases toward northeast. Considering the northwestward movement of Pacific Plate, this regional-scale variation of manganese nodule occurrence seems to be affected by oceanic environment during the active growth period (Oligocene-Miocene) of Pacific Plate.

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