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HYDROGENOUS SEDIMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Oceanography
DEF

Seafloor sediment consisting of minerals that crystallize from seawater.

OBS

Hydrogenous means "derived from water."

OBS

An important example [of hydrogenous sediment] is manganese nodules.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Océanographie
CONT

Les sédiments hydrogènes [sont] formés par précipitation au sein même des eaux à partir de substances dissoutes.

OBS

Gisements de manganèse. [...] Leur genèse est [...] attribuée soit à un dépôt direct (nodules lisses hydrogénétiques), soit à un processus diagénétique (nodules à surface rugueuse) [...]

Spanish

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