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

Yasuhiro Kato, Koichiro Fujinaga, Kentaro Nakamura, +6

Nature Geoscience

Rare Earth MineralDeep-sea MudMarine GeologyEngineeringDeep Sea Mining +7

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

Yutaro Takaya, Kazutaka Yasukawa, Takehiro Kawasaki, +17

Scientific Reports

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

Statistic and Isotopic Characterization of Deep‐Sea Sediments in the Western North Pacific Ocean: Implications for Genesis of the Sediment Extremely Enriched in Rare Earth Elements

Kazutaka Yasukawa, Junichiro Ohta, Takashi Miyazaki, +11

Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Sedimentary RecordEngineeringTrace Element GeochemistryPaleoceanographyMarine Chemistry +19

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

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

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

Geochemical features of Fe-Mn micronodules in deep-sea sediments of the western North Pacific Ocean: Potential for co-product metal extraction from REY-rich mud

Kazutaka Yasukawa, Satoshi Kino, Keishiro Azami, +6

Ore Geology Reviews

EngineeringTrace Element GeochemistryDeep Sea MiningRey-rich MudMarine Chemistry +17

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

A new and prospective resource for scandium: Evidence from the geochemistry of deep-sea sediment in the western North Pacific Ocean

Kazutaka Yasukawa, Junichiro Ohta, Kazuhide Mimura, +9

Ore Geology Reviews

EngineeringCritical ElementTrace Element GeochemistryPaleoceanographyMarine Chemistry +16