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Temperature characteristics of indentation rolling resistance of belt conveyor
In order to study the influence of temperature on the indentation rolling resistance of belt conveyor, theoretical analysis, numerical simulation analysis and experimental study of conveyor belt indentation ro...
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Magnetic minerals in Mid-Pleistocene sediments on the Caiwei Guyot, Northwest Pacific and their response to the Mid-Brunhes climate event
Seamounts are ubiquitous topographic units in global oceans, and their influences on local oceanic circulation have attracted great attention in physical oceanography; however, previous efforts were less made ...
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A preliminary study on geomorphological characteristics and genetic mechanism of pockmarks in the Makran accretionary prism, northern Arabian Sea
Submarine pockmarks are residual negative geomorphologic features on the seafloor, which are generally considered to be related to fluid escape. In this paper, the geomorphological characteristics and genetic ...
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Sr isotopes and REEs geochemistry of anhydrites from L vent black smoker chimney, East Pacific Rise 9°N–10°N
High resolution sampling, for Sr isotope and REE analyses, was carried out along a transaction of L vent chimney collected from East Pacific Rise 9°N–10°N. Sr isotopes show these anhydrites are precipitated fr...
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Growth model of a hydrothermal low-temperature Si-rich chimney: Example from the CDE hydrothermal field, Lau Basin
The CDE hydrothermal field was first discovered during a Chinese cruise to the East Lau Basin Spreading Centre in 2007. Apart from significant amounts of loose Fe-Si-Mn (oxyhydr) oxide (referred to as oxide be...
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Distribution characteristics of seamount cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts and the determination of the size of areas for exploration and exploitation
In 2001, the International Seabed Authority (ISBA) initiated the consideration relating to the Regulations for Prospecting and Exploration for Hydrothermal Polymetallic Sulphides and Cobalt-rich Ferromanganese...
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Ultrastructural evidence for iron accumulation within the tube of Vestimentiferan Ridgeia piscesae
This study reports on the accumulation of iron within the tube wall of the deep sea vent macro invertebrate Vestimentiferan Ridgeia piscesae collected from Juan de Fuca ridge. Combining an array of approaches inc...
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Early-stage mineralization of hydrothermal tubeworms: New insights into the role of microorganisms in the process of mineralization
As an important part of marine hydrothermal system, hydrothermal vent faunas live in hydrothermal inorganic environment and closely interact with hydrothermal inorganic environment. Sometimes, they can partici...
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Microbe-related precipitation of iron and silica in the Edmond deep-sea hydrothermal vent field on the Central Indian Ridge
Microbial mats, several millimeters thick and brown-yellow to white in color, were collected in hollow inside of chimney structure from Edmond hydrothermal field on the Central Indian Ridge. Microbes with shap...
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Biomineralization of phototrophic microbes in silica-enriched hot springs in South China
Microbial mats in two hot springs in South China were sampled for the research of mineralization of microbes and its mechanism by the methods of geology and modem biology. The results show that hot spring micr...
