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Ferro-manganese encrustation on the tympanic bulla of a minke whale from Central Indian Ocean Basin

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Title Ferro-manganese encrustation on the tympanic bulla of a minke whale from Central Indian Ocean Basin
 
Creator Banakar, V.K.
 
Subject Geology and Geophysics
baleens
concretions
ferromanganese nodules
ferromanganese oxides
ISW, Central Indian Ocean
 
Description Ear bone of a minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) was collected from 5200 m water depth with thin coating of Fe-Mn oxide on its surface. The Fe-Mn coating material was similar in nature and ratios Mn/Fe and Cu + Ni/Co were closely comparable to Fe-Mn nodules of Central Indian Ocean Basin. The enrichment of Mn, Co, Ni, Cu within the fresh part of the specimen might be due to the replacement of Ca by Mn super(+4), Co super(+2), Ni super(+2), Cu super(+2) in carbonate hydroxy apatite structure and or due to the easy path available for the movement of these metal ions through collagen fibrils and ultimate concentration and deposition within the gaps of collagen
 
Date 1995-06-14T10:01:29Z
2017-09-29T13:48:10Z
1995-06-14T10:01:29Z
2017-09-29T13:48:10Z
1987
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, vol.16; 1987; 261-262
0379-5136
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6039
 
Language en
 
Relation Indian J Mar Sci
SCI
 
Publisher CSIR-NISCAIR