Hydrogenetic Fe-Mn crusts in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea

Project title

Hydrogenetic Fe-Mn crusts in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea

Supervisors

Rolf Birger Pedersen, Cédric Hamelin

Funding

Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, K.G. Jebsen Centre for Deep Sea Research

Project description

My research focuses on hydrogenetic ferromanganese crust in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea. My work will help estimate the deep sea resource potential in Norwegian waters. Furthermore, I will use Fe-Mn crusts to elucidate paleoceanography of the deep ocean using a combination of isotopes and crustal chemistry. In addtion, these crusts provide information on element transport to the deep ocean in general.