Tighten regulations on deep-sea mining

Nature

Volumn 470, Issue 7332, 2011, Pages 31-33

  Van Dover, Cindy Lee ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GOLD; METAL; MINERAL; SILVER; ZINC;

DEEP SEA; HABITAT; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINING; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL SPRING; VOLCANO;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EXPEDITIONS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOT SPRINGS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MINING; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER;

EID: 79551672322     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/470031a     Document Type: Note

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