Journal
JOURNAL OF EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE
Volume 114, Issue 1, Pages 51-61Publisher
INDIAN ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1007/BF02702008
Keywords
ferromariganese crusts; composition; seamount; Equatorial Indian Ocean
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Eight ferromanganese crusts (Fe-Mn crusts) with igneous and sedimentary substrates collected at different water depths from the Afanasiy-Nikitin Seamount are studied for their bulk major, minor and rare earth element composition. The Mn/Fe ratios < 1.5 indicate the hydrogenetic accretion of the Fe-Mn hydroxides. These Fe-Mn crusts are enriched in Co (up to 0.9%, average similar to 0.5%) and Ce. The Ce-content is the highest reported so far (up to 3763 ppm, average similar to 2250 ppm) for global ocean seamount Fe-Mn crusts. In spite of general similarity in the range of major, minor, and strictly trivalent rare earth element composition, the dissimilarity between the present Fe-Mn crusts and the Pacific seamount Fe-Mn crusts in Co and Ce associations with major mineral phases indicates inter-oceanic heterogeneity and region-specific conditions responsible for their enrichment. The decrease in Ce-anomaly (from similar to 8 to similar to 1.5) with increasing water depth (from similar to 1.7 km to similar to 3.2 km) might suggest that the modern intermediate depth low oxygen layer was shifted and sustained at a deeper depth for a long period in the past.
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