Deep-ocean polymetallic nodules as a resource for critical materials

JR Hein, A Koschinsky, T Kuhn - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2020 - nature.com
Deep-ocean polymetallic nodules form on or just below the vast, sediment-covered, abyssal
plains of the global ocean. Polymetallic nodules primarily consist of precipitated iron …

Deep-ocean mineral deposits as a source of critical metals for high-and green-technology applications: Comparison with land-based resources

JR Hein, K Mizell, A Koschinsky, TA Conrad - Ore Geology Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Ferromanganese (Fe–Mn) crusts are strongly enriched relative to the Earth's lithosphere in
many rare and critical metals, including Co, Te, Mo, Bi, Pt, W, Zr, Nb, Y, and rare-earth …

The isotope geochemistry of zinc and copper

F Moynier, D Vance, T Fujii… - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Copper, a native metal found in ores, is the principal metal in bronze and brass. It is a
reddish metal with a density of 8920 kg m− 3. All of copper's compounds tend to be brightly …

[HTML][HTML] Thallium pollution in China and removal technologies for waters: A review

J Liu, X Luo, Y Sun, DCW Tsang, J Qi, W Zhang… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
Thallium (Tl) is a typical toxic metal, which poses a great threat to human health through
drinking water and the food chain (biomagnification). China has rich Tl-bearing mineral …

The behavior of trace elements in seawater, sedimentary pore water, and their incorporation into carbonate minerals: a review

D Smrzka, J Zwicker, W Bach, D Feng, T Himmler… - Facies, 2019 - Springer
Trace elements are actively cycled in seawater, are essential components for marine life,
and are transported to the seafloor where they can become enriched in marine sediments …

Iron persistence in a distal hydrothermal plume supported by dissolved–particulate exchange

JN Fitzsimmons, SG John, CM Marsay, CL Hoffman… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Hydrothermally sourced dissolved metals have been recorded in all ocean basins. In the
oceans' largest known hydrothermal plume, extending westwards across the Pacific from the …

A Cenozoic Record of Deep Oceanic Zn Isotopic Composition in Ferromanganese Crusts

M Zhao, N Planavsky, X Wang, Y Zhang… - American Journal of …, 2023 - ajsonline.org
Water plays a critical role in erosion and sediment transport and this relationship is most
evident in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, a region characterized by …

Oxidative scavenging of cerium on hydrous Fe oxide: evidence from the distribution of rare earth elements and yttrium between Fe oxides and Mn oxides in …

M Bau, A Koschinsky - Geochemical Journal, 2009 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The distribution of the rare earths and yttrium (REY) in co-existing hydrous Mn oxides and Fe
oxides that form marine hydrogenetic ferromanganese crusts is used to better describe the …

Coupled redox cycling of Fe and Mn in the environment: The complex interplay of solution species with Fe-and Mn-(oxyhydr) oxide crystallization and transformation

J Liu, Q Chen, Y Yang, H Wei, M Laipan, R Zhu… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The chemistry of Fe and Mn in natural geochemical systems are closely coupled, as Fe and
Mn always co-exist in various forms (eg, hydrated ions, soluble complexes, and particles) in …

[HTML][HTML] The oceanic mass balance of copper and zinc isotopes, investigated by analysis of their inputs, and outputs to ferromanganese oxide sediments

SH Little, D Vance, C Walker-Brown… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2014 - Elsevier
The oceanic biogeochemical cycles of the transition metals have been eliciting considerable
attention for some time. Many of them have isotope systems that are fractionated by key …