First phase monitoring studies of simulated benthic disturbance delineating movement of fine particles in the central indian basin

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 357-371

  Valsangkar, A B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Benthic disturbance; Central Indian Basin; Grain size; Polymetallic nodule mining; Sediment redistribution

Indexed keywords

CLAY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MINING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILT; UNDERWATER MINERAL RESOURCES;

BENTHIC DISTURBANCE; POLYMETALLIC NODULE MINING; SEDIMENT REDISTRIBUTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINING; SEDIMENTATION;

CENTRAL INDIAN BASIN; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 30844456602     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641190500446771     Document Type: Article

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