Dive 07 of the 2019 Southeastern U.S. Deep-sea Exploration took us to an underwater landscape much different than that seen on the expedition's previous dives. The nodules seen here and strewn across the seafloor are phosphorites with ferromanganese crusts. They were deposited here millions of years ago and grow about 2 millimeters every million years.
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Dive 07 of the 2019 Southeastern U.S. Deep-sea Exploration took us to an underwater landscape much different than that seen on the expedition's previous dives. The nodules seen here and strewn across the seafloor are phosphorites with ferromanganese crusts. They were deposited here millions of years ago and grow about 2 millimeters every million years.
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