Ferromanganese oxide deposits from the Central Pacific Ocean, I. Encrustations from the Line Islands Archipelago

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Feb 1985

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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 49, Issue 2, pp.427-436

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Chemical and mineralogical analyses of a well-controlled suite of ferromanganese encrustations from the Line Islands Archipelago (Central Pacific) suggest that they represent purely hydrogenous deposits-- i.e. they have formed through the slow accumulation of trace metal-enriched oxides directly from the water-column. Mineralogically they consist predominantly of MnO 2 and amorphous FeOOH x H 2 O. Compositionally, they are similar to MnO 2 nodules from adjoining basinal areas but are enriched in both Mn (mean = 20.4%, MAX = 29.3%) and Co (mean = 0.55%, MAX = 1.57%). MnO 2 is the most important trace metal bearing phase; strong associations are noted between it and Co, Mo, Ni, Zn, and Cd, whilst only Be is associated specifically with FeOOH. V, Sr and Pb are partitioned between the authigenic oxide phases, whilst Ti most probably occurs as TiO 2 x H 2 O. Cu is contained in both aluminosilicate contaminant phases and Fe oxide phases. These relations are considered to reflect the differing scavenging behaviour of Mn and Fe oxides in the water column. Crusts from ~1-2 km are enriched in Mn and the Mn-related elements and exhibit higher Mn / Fe ratios than deeper crusts, which are compositionally constant. The higher Mn / Fe ratios may result from a supply of Mn from continental borderland sediments at these depths, which is transported horizontally by advective-diffusive processes. Since manganophile elements are enriched relative to Mn in the 1-2 km crusts, it is considered that the supply of Mn is scavenged by existing oxides, is oxidised and effectively occludes them. A higher proportion of oxide particles thus exhibit Mn oxide scavenging properties in the 1-2 km depth zone. The increased vertical flux of Mn resulting from the supply at ~1-2 km is not reflected by higher Mn / Fe ratios in deeper crusts, so that the vertical flux of oxides is not simply related to the standing crop. The Mn / Fe ratios of the crusts thus reflect the composition of suspended oxides at similar depths.

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