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http://dx.doi.org/10.9727/jmsk.2017.30.4.219

Characteristics of Manganese Nodule from the East Siberian Sea  

Koo, Hyo Jin (Department of Geology and Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University)
Cho, Hyen Goo (Department of Geology and Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University)
Yoo, Chan Min (Deep-Sea and Seabed Resources Research Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology)
Jin, Young Keun (Division of Polar Earth-System Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute)
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Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea / v.30, no.4, 2017 , pp. 219-227 More about this Journal
Abstract
Manganese (Mn) nodules in the Arctic Sea have been founded in the Kara Sea and Barents Sea, but mineral and chemical compositions have been rarely investigated. In this study, mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of Mn nodules obtained during the Arctic Expedition ARA07C in northern East Siberian Sea were identified, and then genesis of Mn nodules were estimated by using these characteristics. Main manganese oxide minerals constituting the manganese nodule were buserite, birnessite, and vernadite. The Mn nodules generally represent radiated and massive texture, and the layered texture was developed restrictively. The radiated texture, main feature of the manganese nodule in the East Siberian Sea, is mainly composed of cuspate-globular microstructure. Compared with the Mn nodules in Pacific and Indian Oceans, Mn nodules of the East Siberian Sea are abundant in Mn, but Fe is too scarce. There was no difference in the chemical composition and microstructures between outer and inner part of nodule. Therefore, nodules are most likely to have only one genesis during their growth, and all of nodules indicate the diagenetic in $Mn-Fe-(Cu+Ni+Co){\times}10$ ternary diagram. It is considered that the manganese nodules in the East Siberian Sea are characterized by high Mn contents because manganese contents in the Arctic Ocean were mainly resulted from river or coastal erosion and most of them are trapped in the Arctic Ocean.
Keywords
East Siberian Sea; manganese nodule; manganese oxide mineral; radiated texture; Mn;
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