Manganese nodule
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Manganese nodules, also called polymetallic nodules, are mineral concretions on the sea bottom formed of concentric layers of iron and manganese hydroxides around a core. As nodules can be found in va
Manganese nodule
Nodules on the seabed
Manganese nodules from the South Pacific Ocean
Polymetallic nodules
Clarion–Clipperton zone
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The Clarion–Clipperton zone or Clarion–Clipperton fracture zone is an environmental management area of the eastern and central Pacific Ocean, lying between Hawaii and Mexico. It is one of the world's
Manganese nodule
…Penrhyn Basin within the Cook Islands. North central Pacific Ocean in a region called the Clarion–Clipperton zone (CCZ) roughly midway between Hawaii and Clipperton Islands. Peru Basin in the southeast Pacific, and…
Major Pacific trenches (1–10) and fracture zones (11–20). The Clipperton fracture zone (15) is the nearly horizontal line below the Clarion fracture zone (14), and the Middle America Trench is the deep-blue line No. 9.
Polymetallic nodules on the seafloor in the CCZ