Interelement relationship in abyssal Pacific ferromanganese nodules and associated pelagic sediments

Distribution of transition elements in surface sediments of the southwestern margin of Japan Sea

“…Many chemical data of marine sediments in dicate that certain elements tend to associate with particular solid phases in sediments (e.g. Murray and Brewer, 1977;Calvert and Price, 1977;Li, 1982). Such relationships are greatly affected by the oxidation of organic matter dur ing early stage of diagenesis.…”