Evaluation of Physical Environmental Consequences of Deep-sea Mining

Proceedings of the ISOPE Ocean Mining Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 50-55

  Oebius, H U ^a   Schriever, G ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Biolab ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Deep sea mining; Deep sea sediment; Environmental impact assessment; Resettlement; Resuspension

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; HYDRAULIC MINING; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

DEEP-SEA MINING;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 0142248078     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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