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Main Author: Monaco, Andre
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Language:en
Published: PANGAEA 1979
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.867380
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author Monaco, Andre
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contents Mineralogical and chemical analysis of an Eastern Pacific core has been conducted in the context of a study of mineralisations in pelagic sediments; the data point out the relations between thin (2-100 m) manganese oxyhydroxide concretions and volcano-sedimentary environments. Between Clarion and Clipperton Islands, the polymetallic precipitates are precocious and they are due to the submarine volcanic activity of this spreading zone; in spite of their small size, all the elements are concentrated in the precipitates: Mn (9-46%), Fe (0.2-11%), Ni (0.1-3.4%), Cu (0.1-1.7%), Co (0.1-0.8%). The high internal structuration of micromineralisations, the splitting up of the elements in the laminations, the variability of contents according to the state of crystallinity can be explained by diagenetic processes at the scale of the grain. The contrast between the degree of evolution of these mineralisations and the situation of the area, that was submitted to important terrigenous and volcanic sedimentary inputs, lead to consideration of the micronodules as 'blocked structures', precursors of nodules, developed from diagenetic reactions of the micro-environment.
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spellingShingle Analysis of polymetallic micromineralization in pelagic sediments
Monaco, Andre
GC; Gravity corer; Le Noroit; NIXO30; NIXO30-NR71; NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database; NOAA-MMS; NOR76/5; Pacific Ocean
Mineralogical and chemical analysis of an Eastern Pacific core has been conducted in the context of a study of mineralisations in pelagic sediments; the data point out the relations between thin (2-100 m) manganese oxyhydroxide concretions and volcano-sedimentary environments. Between Clarion and Clipperton Islands, the polymetallic precipitates are precocious and they are due to the submarine volcanic activity of this spreading zone; in spite of their small size, all the elements are concentrated in the precipitates: Mn (9-46%), Fe (0.2-11%), Ni (0.1-3.4%), Cu (0.1-1.7%), Co (0.1-0.8%). The high internal structuration of micromineralisations, the splitting up of the elements in the laminations, the variability of contents according to the state of crystallinity can be explained by diagenetic processes at the scale of the grain. The contrast between the degree of evolution of these mineralisations and the situation of the area, that was submitted to important terrigenous and volcanic sedimentary inputs, lead to consideration of the micronodules as 'blocked structures', precursors of nodules, developed from diagenetic reactions of the micro-environment.
title Analysis of polymetallic micromineralization in pelagic sediments
topic GC; Gravity corer; Le Noroit; NIXO30; NIXO30-NR71; NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database; NOAA-MMS; NOR76/5; Pacific Ocean
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.867380