
The Indian Ocean Nodule Field
Geology and Resource Potential
Description
Key Features
- Collates, discusses and succinctly presents voluminous and scattered information from various books and journals for easy understanding and dissemination
- Features two new chapters: statistical modeling of the formation, growth, distribution and metal enrichment of nodules; and biogeochemistry of the Central Indian Ocean Basin
- Includes an assessment of Indian Ocean nodules, one of the least studied oceans in comparison to samples analyzed from the world’s oceans
Readership
Geologists, Geochemists, Economic geologists, Marine geologists, Geomorphologists, Geographers, Mineralogists, and Mining industry
Table of Contents
1. FERROMANGANESE DEPOSITS
Nodule research through the Ages
Nodules in various environment
Nodule in World Ocean
Nodule in other Water Bodies
2. THE INDIAN OCEAN NODULE FIELD
Physiography and Geology
Physics (currents, waves) and Chemistry
Evolution of the Indian Ocean Nodule Field
3. TECTONICS AND GEOMORPHOLOGY
Ridge-Normal Lineaments
Ridge Parallel Lineation and Anomalies
Seamounts
4. BASIN VOLCANICS
Major Volcanics
Minor Volcanics
Hydrothermal Input
Alteration of Volcanics
Tectonics and Volcanics: Interrelations
5. SEDIMENTS
Distribution and Source
Sedimentary Processes
Biological Organisms- Mega to Micro
6. FERROMANGANESE DEPOSITS - Characteristics
Distribution, Morphology, Internal constitution,
Mineralogy, Chemical composition, Growth rate
Ferromanganese Encrustation
Palaeoceanography
7. FERROMANGANESE DEPOSITS - Genesis
Factors Influencing Nodule Formation
Water-Sediment-Nodule-Biota interplay
Modelling formation, growth and enrichment
8. RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
Resource Identification
Mining Technology
Environmental Impact Assessment
Metal Extraction and Processing
9. DIMENSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES
Law of the Sea
Global Scenario (nodule resources in areas claimed by other countries)
Economics of Ferromanganese Deposits
Scope for Future Investigations
Product details
- No. of pages: 428
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2017
- Published: November 27, 2017
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128054741
- eBook ISBN: 9780444637628