Manganese crusts hydrogenous formed

Perhaps the most comprehensive explanation of the role of hydrogenetic and diagenetic processes on manganese nodule accretion has been presented by Dymondetal (1984). On their classification, hydrogenous deposition involves the direct precipitation or accumulation of colloidal metals oxides from seawater. Strictly, this involves deposition of manganese oxides on surfaces in contact with seawater such as involved in the formation of manganese crusts. In practice, manganese nodules formed on red clays have charac-... 

Oxygen occurs free in air in which it forms 21% by volume. It is also found combined with hydrogen in water and constitutes 86% of the oceans, and with other elements such as minerals constituting ca 50% of the earth s crust. In the laboratory it is usually prepared by the thermal decomposition of potassium chlorate in the presence of manganese dioxide catalyst ... 

Two types of metal-rich hydrogenous deposits are formed on the seafloor iron-manganese oxides and polymetallic sulfides. The iron-manganese oxides have been deposited as nodules, sediments, and crusts. They are enriched in various trace elements, such as manganese, iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and zinc, making them a significant repository for some of these metals. Most of the metals in the polymetallic sulfides are of hydrothermal origin. These sulfides have been deposited as metalliferous sediments aroimd hydrothermal systems and as rocks that infill cracks within former... 

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