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Manganese hydroxides in alluvium as an example of aquagene mineral formation

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We found and studied the phosphate and ferromanganese mineralization in the Holocene alluvium at upper reaches of the Severnaya Dvina River. Possible sources and accumulation mechanisms of manganese during the aquagene-fluvial hydroxide formation are first discussed.

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The report at the XIII Geological Congress of the Komi Republic, January 26, 1999.

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Silaev, V.I., Sokerin, M.Y., Tikhomirova, V.D. et al. Manganese hydroxides in alluvium as an example of aquagene mineral formation. Lithol Miner Resour 35, 319–330 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02782688

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