Sediment redistribution during simulated benthic disturbance and its implications on deep seabed mining

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 3363-3380

  Sharma, Rahul ^a   Nagender Nath, B ^a   Parthiban, G ^a   Jai Sankar, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; MINING; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITY;

BENTHIC DISTURBANCE;

SEDIMENTS;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; DEEP SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MINING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0034803396     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(01)00046-7     Document Type: Article

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