M o u N ta i N s i N t h e s e a seamount Mineral Deposits a source of rare Metals for high-techNology iNDustries figure 1. (a,B) two seabed photos showing fe-Mn nodules and fe-Mn crust from horizon guyot. seamount nodules typically have a larger nucleus than abyssal nodules and are really encrusted pebbles and cobbles. (c,D) slabbed samples from the Marshall islands. (c) Thick fe-Mn crust from labibjet seamount. (D) fe-Mn nodule from lomilik seamount. e-g are from east Diamante caldera, Mariana islands. (e) active gray-smoker zinc-sulfide chimneys from 345-m water depth (hein et al., 2005). (f) inactive, oxidized hydrothermal sulfide spire from 375 m (JaMstec, 2009 Natsushima cruise Nt0908). (g) group of inactive zinc-sulfide chimneys from 348 m (JaMstec, 2009, Natsushima cruise Nt0908). Bathymetry from smith and sandwell (JaMstec, 1997), with Mariana islands at the western margin and hawai`i just off the eastern margin; this region is the most prospective for fe-Mn crusts (hein et al., 2009).
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.