A review of some environmental issues affecting marine mining

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-63

  Ellis, Derek V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthos burrow up; Biodiversity recovery; Density current; Diurnal migration; Marine snow; Seabed biodiversity; Surface mixing layer; Tailings

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSTRUCTION; DIAMONDS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTRACTION; GOLD; MINING; PROCESSING; SNOW; TAILINGS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

MARINE MININGS;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT LOSS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SNOW; MINING;

EID: 0035052662     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641190109353804     Document Type: Article

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