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RECENTLY, there has been a renewal of interest in manganese deposition on the sea bed, particularly that brought about by biological rather than inorganic processes1–5. During the past fifty years1–14 various theories have been, put forward concerning the method of manganese deposition, yet the only measurements on the rate of deposition are those of Petterssen11,12, and Buttler and Houtermans13 on manganese nodules of deep-sea origin. These authors give a rate of the order of 1 mm. in 1,000 years.
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ALLEN, J. Manganese Deposition on the Shells of Living Molluscs. Nature 185, 336–337 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185336b0
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