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THE composition of the deep-sea concretions known as manganese nodules is of considerable interest. Nodules obtained from different locations on the ocean floor contain widely varying percentages of iron, manganese, cobalt and nickel as well as other trace elements1. We have applied Mössbauer spectroscopy, chemical, sedimentation and X-ray analysis, in an effort to determine how the iron is bound in the nodules.
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GAGER, H. Mössbauer Spectra of Deep-sea Iron–Manganese Nodules. Nature 220, 1021–1023 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2201021a0
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