Alterations in geochemical associations in artificially disturbed deep-sea sediments

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 373-400

  Nath, B Nagender ^a   Parthiban, G ^a   Banaulikar, S ^a   Sarkar, Subhadeep ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Artificial benthic disturbance experiment; Environmental impact assessment; Manganese nodule mining; Metals

Indexed keywords

CLAY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IRON; MANGANESE; MANGANESE NODULES; MONITORING; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

ARTIFICIAL BENTHIC DISTURBANCE EXPERIMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MANGANESE NODULE MINING;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MANGANESE NODULE; MINING;

EID: 30844469984     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641190500446789     Document Type: Article

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