Environment and deep-sea mining: A perspective

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 285-294

  Nagender Nath, B ^a   Sharma, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Deep sea mining; Environment; Impact assessment; Manganese nodules

Indexed keywords

MINING;

EID: 0033759025     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641190009353796     Document Type: Article

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