Deep-sea mud in the Pacific Ocean as a potential resource for rare-earth elements

Yasuhiro Kato, Koichiro Fujinaga, Kentaro Nakamura, +6

Nature Geoscience

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The tremendous potential of deep-sea mud as a source of rare-earth elements

Yutaro Takaya, Kazutaka Yasukawa, Takehiro Kawasaki, +17

Scientific Reports

Uranium isotope systematics of ferromanganese crusts in the Pacific Ocean: Implications for the marine 238U/235U isotope system

Kosuke T. Goto, Ariel D. Anbar, Gwyneth W. Gordon, +9

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Marine GeologyChemical OceanographyEngineeringSeafloor MorphologyPaleoceanography +13

Discovery of extremely REY-rich mud in the western North Pacific Ocean

Koichi Iijima, Kazutaka Yasukawa, Koichiro Fujinaga, +15

GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Rare Earth MineralEngineeringDeep Sea MiningRey-rich MudMarine Chemistry +16

Rare-earth, major, and trace element geochemistry of deep-sea sediments in the Indian Ocean: Implications for the potential distribution of REY-rich mud in the Indian Ocean

Kazutaka Yasukawa, Kentaro Nakamura, Koichiro Fujinaga, +4

GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Marine GeologyBiogeochemistryEnvironmental ChemistryEngineeringHydrothermal Component +13

Post‐drilling changes in fluid discharge pattern, mineral deposition, and fluid chemistry in the Iheya North hydrothermal field, Okinawa Trough

Shinsuke Kawagucci, Junichi Miyazaki, Ryota Nakajima, +14

Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Okinawa TroughEngineeringHydrothermal GeochemistryFluid ChemistryTurbulent Fluid Flow +19

Geological factors responsible for REY-rich mud in the western North Pacific Ocean: Implications from mineralogy and grain size distributions

Junichiro Ohta, Kazutaka Yasukawa, Shiki Machida, +6

GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

EngineeringSedimentary GeologyRey-rich MudMarine ChemistryOceanography +20

Rapid growth of mineral deposits at artificial seafloor hydrothermal vents

Tatsuo Nozaki, Jun-ichiro Ishibashi, Kazuhiko Shimada, +10

Scientific Reports

Fish proliferation and rare-earth deposition by topographically induced upwelling at the late Eocene cooling event

Junichiro Ohta, Kazutaka Yasukawa, Tatsuo Nozaki, +8

Scientific Reports

Geochemistry of REY-rich mud in the Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone around Minamitorishima Island

Koichiro Fujinaga, Kazutaka Yasukawa, Kentaro Nakamura, +19

GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

EngineeringGeomorphologySedimentary GeologyRey-rich MudEarth Science +15