Locality
88°25´ west longitude, 7°5´ south latitiude [ map ]
Name
Peru basin, east Pacific
Geological relevance of location
Manganese nodules and crusts grow extremely slow with only a few mm per million years at the seafloor. The crusts from the Peru Basin contain about 3% of valuable elements (Cu, Ni, Co).
Classification of the earth
Structure
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manganese nodules and crusts
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Colour
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dark brown
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Age
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2 million years
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other
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4020 m water depth
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Donor
Dr. Hermann-Rudolf Kudraß,
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
Hannover,
Germany