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Geochemistry of Rare and Rare-Earth Elements in Manganiferous Sediments of the Polar Urals and Pai-Khoi

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Data on the concentration of rare and rare-earth elements in the Devonian manganese-rich metasediments of the Polar Urals and Pai-Khoi Ridge are presented. It is shown that Sc, V, Rb, Zr, Nb, Hf, Th, and U represent elements delivered to the metalliferous sediments as a part of the detrital material. Excess (relative to the background detrital material) concentrations are established for Li, Be, Cr, Co, Ni, Zn, Ge, As, Mo, Sb, W, and Pb. They could be delivered from a specific detrital or chemical material (for example, ferruginous), seawaters (hydrogenic sorption of elements), biogenic substance (carbonate, siliceous, phosphate, carbonaceous), diagenetic interstitial pore waters, and hydrothermal solutions. In terms of the concentration of rare-earth elements, the studied rocks are comparable to the present-day diagenetic ferromanganese deposits.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors thank E.V. Starikova (Karpinsky All-Russia Research Institute of Geology, St. Petersburg) for placing the rock material at our disposal and discussing the obtained geochemical data.

The works were accomplished using the analytical facilities of resource centers (“X-Ray Diffraction Methods of Study” and “Geomodel”) of St. Petersburg State University and the Center of Collective Usage, Institute of Mineralogy, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences.

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The works were supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 16-05-00227) and accomplished under under State budget program of the Institute of Mineralogy, Southern Ural Federal Scientific Center of Mineralogy and Geoecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (project no. АААА-А19-119061790049-3) and the State Task (project no. 0330-201600015). This paper was supported by the Government of the Russian Federation (resolution no. 211 dated March 16, 2013; agreement no. 02.A03.21.0011).

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  1. St. Petersburg State University, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

    A. I. Brusnitsyn

  2. Institute of Mineralogy, Southern Ural Federal Scientific Center of Mineralogy and Geoecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 456304, Miass, Russia

    I. G. Zhukov

  3. Branch in Miass, Southern Ural State University, 456304, Miass, Russia

    I. G. Zhukov

  4. Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Science, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

    E. F. Letnikova

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Brusnitsyn, A.I., Zhukov, I.G. & Letnikova, E.F. Geochemistry of Rare and Rare-Earth Elements in Manganiferous Sediments of the Polar Urals and Pai-Khoi. Lithol Miner Resour 55, 36–54 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0024490220010022

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