Abstract
Cobalt-rich hydrogenetic ferromanganese crusts in the Pacific seamounts are potential mineral resources for Co, Ni, Pt and REEs. The Northwest (NW) Pacific, in particular, is one of the most promising areas for the ferromanganese crusts. During the six cruises of the Japanese research vessel Hakurei Maru No.2 over the seamounts of the Marshall Islands in 1996, 1998 and 2002, and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) in 1997, 1998 and 2005, the patterns of distribution, resource potential and the relationship to geological parameters were found to be characterized by the potentiality for the ferromanganese crusts. In this article, the relationship between crust abundance and diversity in the geological evolution of the seamounts is discussed on the basis of bathymetric, geological, geophysical and environmental data.
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