Comparison of Geochemical and Geotechnical Sediment Baseline Profiles of COMRA (CCFZ) and TUSCH (Peru Basin) Study Areas within the Scope of Mn-Nodule Mining

Proceedings of the ISOPE Ocean Mining Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 56-62

  Grupe, B ^a   Maggiulli, M ^a   Zhou, H Y ^b   Ni, J Y ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

Abyssal sediments; Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zones; Deep sea environment; Deep sea geochemistry; Deep sea geotechnics; Mn nodule mining; Peru Basin

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SEDIMENTS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL MECHANICS;

POLLUTANTS;

HYDRAULIC MINING;

EID: 0142248076     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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