Growth ages of ferromanganese crusts from the western and central Pacific:: Comparison between nannofossil analysis and 10Be dating

Based on results of nannofossil analysis and Be-10 dating in ferromanganese crusts M1-1 and Al-1 (no nannofossils were found in it), from the western and central Pacific respectively, it is found that the crust growth ages from nannofossil biostratigraphy agree well with those based on 10Be isotope analysis. Both crusts have three growth layers, and the oldest layer was deposited in Miocene at about 12.80 Ma. The maximum, minimum, and average growth rates of crust Al-1 (from the central Pacific) are 8.11, 1.92 and 3.47 mm/Ma, and those of crust M1-1 (from the western Pacific) are 2.93, 0.47, and 0.94 mm/Ma.