Seamounts an additional tool to confirm the nature of the crust and to locate possible mineral resources for dredging

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-51

  Sarma, K V L N S ^a   Ramana, M V ^a   Subrahmanyam, V ^a   Krishna, K S ^a   Ramprasad, T ^a   Desa, Maria ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Dredging; Model studies; Seamounts

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DREDGING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; SEDIMENTS;

SEAMOUNT;

UNDERWATER MINERAL RESOURCES;

DREDGING; MINERAL RESOURCES; SEAMOUNT;

BAY OF BENGAL;

EID: 0031926983     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641199809379956     Document Type: Article

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