The Nikopol manganese deposit is situated in the west and north of Nikopol, Ukraine and
one of the world's largest deposits among the sedimentary manganese deposits. The …

Forty years after the image of the Mediterranean transformed into a giant salty lake was first
conceived, the fascinating history of the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) still arouses great …

The Chiatura deposit is considered to be among the largest deposits of metallurgical grade
manganese ore in the world, yet its geochemistry is poorly known, which is the focus of this …

Marine gateways play a critical role in the exchange of water, heat, salt and nutrients
between oceans and seas. As a result, changes in gateway geometry can significantly alter …

Recycling of oceanic crust through subduction, mantle upwelling, and remelting in mantle
plumes is a widely accepted mechanism to explain ocean island volcanism. The timescale …

Accurate age models for marine ferromanganese (Fe-Mn) crusts are essential to understand
paleoceanographic changes and variations in local environmental factors affecting crust …

Abstract Oceanic hydrogenetic ferromanganese (Fe-Mn) crusts precipitate directly from
ambient seawater over millions of years. Their very slow growth rates and physio-chemical …

The shoaling and final closure of the Central American Seaway (CAS) resulted in a major
change of the global ocean circulation and has been suggested as an essential driver for …

The Tethyan phosphates were formed during the Upper Cretaceous and Eocene interval as
a result of the collision of the African–Arabian and Eurasian plates and the closing of the …

Largely continuous millennial-scale records of benthic δ18O, Mg/Ca-based temperature,
and salinity variations in bottom waters were obtained from Deep Sea Drilling Project …