Progress on tellurium enrichment in the ocean ferromanganese crusts
SUN Yang1, CUI Yingchun1, MA Lijie2, FANG Xisheng3, ZHANG Hao1, CHEN Shaocong1, ZONG Shi1, WANG Weixuan1, WANG Qingchao3
1. Key Laboratory of Polar Science, Ministry of Natural Resources, Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai 201209, China; 2. Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Chinese Academy of Science, Institute of Oceanology of Chinese Academy of Science, Shandong Qingdao 266071, China; 3. Lab of Marine Geology and Geophysics, First Institute of Oceanography, Shandong Qingdao 266061, China
Abstract：The element tellurium is widely used in industrial production, but it is depleted in the earth's crust and riched in oceanic ferromanganese crusts. The authors in this paper reviewed the study about the enrichment process of tellurium in ferromanganese crusts, and it is found that the tellurium content in ferromanganese crusts in various regions is different. For example the tellurium in the E 90° ridge region in Indian Ocean with the increasing trends from north to south. Temporally, the content of tellurium in the old crust is higher, and the tellurium flux would vary with the growh ratios of crusts.The Tellurium element occurs as multi-mineral phases and has multi-sources in ferromanganese crusts, which is controlled by the oceanic physical and chemical process. This research would be beneficial to the development of mineralization theory of dispersed elements.
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