Deep-sea mud in the Pacific Ocean as a potential resource for rare-earth elements
Abstract
World demand for rare-earth elements and the metal yttrium is rapidly increasing. An analysis of more than 2,000 seafloor sediment samples suggests that deep-sea mud constitutes a highly promising giant resource for these elements.
- Publication:
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Nature Geoscience
- Pub Date:
- August 2011
- DOI:
- 10.1038/ngeo1185
- Bibcode:
- 2011NatGe...4..535K