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USGS Data Source

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

USGS Thesaurus Keywords

metallic mineral resources, marine geology, geochemistry, earth sciences, dredge sampling

ISO 19115 Topic Category

oceans, geoscientificInformation

Other Subject Keywords

Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, CMHRP, PCMSC, Assessments, sediment geochemistry, Material Resources, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, mineral resources, Mineral Resources, USGS, Nonliving Resources, chemical analysis, Physical/Chemical Features, U.S. Geological Survey

Place Keywords

Southeast Pacific Basin, Rio Grande Rise, Indian Ocean, Newfoundland Basin, Southern Ocean, Hess Rise, Crest Seamount, Northeast Pacific Basin, Hawaiian Ridge, Pacific Ocean, Magellan Rise, Peru Basin, Japan Trench, Southwest Indian Ridge, Carnegie Ridge, Cascadia Basin, Southwest Pacific Basin, South Atlantic Ocean, Cocos Ridge, Doldrums Fracture Zone, Mid-Indian Basin, New England Seamounts, Agulhas Basin, Argentine Basin, Sohm Plain, Walvis Ridge, Shatskiy Rise, Canada Basin, Tasman Escarpment, Atlantic Ocean, Northwest Pacific Basin, Chile Rise, Guatemala Basin, Brazil Basin, Emperor Seamount Chain, Sierra Leon Basin, Penrhyn Basin, Kamehameha Basin, Guana Basin, Angola Basin, Hatteras Plain, Samoa, Mariana Trench, Clarion Fracture Zone, Nazca Ridge, Natal Basin, Patton Seamounts, Dispatch Seamount, Mendocino Fracture Zone, Kane Fracture Zone, Central Pacific Basin, Spiess Seamount Chain, Peru-Chile Trench, Clipperton Fracture Zone, Agulhas Ridge, Crozet Basin, Sierra Leon Rise, Guinea Basin, Lomonosov Ridge, Bode Verde Fracture Zone, Ninetyeast Ridge, North American Basin, Rosa Seamount, Cape Verde Basin, Corner Seamounts, Arctic Ocean, East Tasman Plateau, Austral Seamounts, Henderson Seamount, Cape Basin, Wharton Basin, Bermuda Rise, Manihiki Plateau, Ascension Fracture Zone, Jasper Seamount, San Paulo Plateau, Mid-Pacific Mountains, Oceanographer Fracture Zone, Puerto Rico Trench

Global ferromanganese crust and abyssal ferromanganese nodule prospective occurrence regions

This data release is a polygon shapefile representing prospective occurrence regions of ferromanganese crusts and abyssal ferromanganese nodules on the seafloor throughout the global oceans. Polygons represent areas where oceanographic criteria, such as low sedimentation rate and moderate primary productivity, overlap with geologic criteria, including regions with appropriate seafloor morphology for each mineral type, such as seamounts and ridges or abyssal plains. The regions indicate where ferromanganese crusts and abyssal ferromanganese nodules are likely to occur but do not indicate whether minerals have been found in these regions, nor do they indicate the presence of a mineral deposit.

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Author(s)	Theresa A Fregoso , Manda V Au , Kira Mizell , James R Hein , Amy Gartman
Publication Date	2024-09-24
Beginning Date of Data	2024-09-05
Ending Date of Data	2024-09-05
Data Contact	PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5066/P13R3J6J
Citation	Fregoso, T.A., Au, M.V., Mizell, K., Hein, J.R., and Gartman, A., 2024, Global ferromanganese crust and abyssal ferromanganese nodule prospective occurrence regions: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P13R3J6J.
Metadata Contact	PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
Metadata Date	2024-09-24
Related Publication	There was no related primary publication associated with this data release.
Citations of these data	No citations of these data are known at this time.
Access	public
License	http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/

Harvest Source: Coastal and Marine Geoscience Data System
Harvest Date: 2025-01-08T04:19:15.785Z