The monograph considers facial conditions of ore-formation in the Central Equatorial Pacific, as well as lithostratigraphy and local variability of bottom sediments. Mineral composition of nodules, forms of occurrence of chemical elements in sediments and nodules, composition of interstitial waters, age of nodules, regularities and processes of ore formation in the radiolarian belt of the Pacific Ocean zone are also under consideration.
Supplement to: Murdmaa, Ivar O; Skornyakova, Nadezhda S; et al. (1986): Ferromanganese Nodules of the Central Pacific Ocean. P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Transactions, vol. 122. Moscow, Nauka Publ. (I.O. Murdmaa and N.S. Skornyakova, Eds.), 344 pp