Regularities in the growth of ferromanganese nodules of Clarion-Clipperton province (the Pacific Ocean)
The study of submicroscopic textures showed that ferromanganese nodules treated as a special type of ferromanganese oncoliths when growing at the oceanic bed interact intensely with the underlying sediment. The mechanisms of capturing large portions of sedimentary matter by nodule envelopes are revealed for the first time; and the assimilation of petrogenic components by elementary segregations of growing envelopes is proved.