Sedimentation process analyses based on sediment trap data in a seamount with cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts in the north Pacific


Nobuo Tsurushima1, Masahiro Suzumura2, Ayumi Tsukasaki3, Atsushi Suzuki4, Yuichiro Tanaka1, Kyoko Yamaoka4, Akifumi Shimamoto5, Nobuhiro Maeda5, Takuji Ikegami5, Takaaki Matsui6, Shogo Kato6, Nobuyuki Okamoto6 and Yoshiaki Igarashi6, (1)National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan, (2)AIST - National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, (3)National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Environmental Management Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan, (4)National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Institute of Geology and geoinformation, Geological Survey of Japan, Tsukuba, Japan, (5)The General Environmental Technos Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan, (6)Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), Tokyo, Japan