Seabed minerals: Sample analyses are now available
Sliced sample of a sulphide sample, acquired by the NPD at the Mohns Ridge in 2020.
30/09/2022 Analyses from the NPD’s data collection linked to sulphide deposits is now available.
Download data collection of sulphide deposits (Excel, zip-file)
Analysis results linked to manganese crusts can be ordered from professor Rolf B. Pedersen of the Centre for Deep Sea Research at the University of Bergen.
Rolf Birger Pedersen: rolf.pedersen@uib.no
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Updated: 30/09/2022
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