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Deep Seabed Mining Resources
This special edition includes 10 articles that are dedicated to the broad range of topics on seabed mineral resources.
Special emphasis is given on environmental baseline data (biotic and abiotic properties) in the nodule field of the ClarionClipperton Fracture Zone. These data are biodiversity and abundance of macro-, meio- and micro-fauna and bioturbation rates and rock magnetic properties of deep-sea sediments, all of which are essential for the assessment of environmental impacts from the exploration and exploitation of polymetallic nodules. An article also touches on the legal tools and mechanisms adapted in the exploitation regulations by the ISA for the protection of the marine environment. Other topics include petrogenetic and magnetic modeling of SMS deposits, sinking particle flux in a crust distribution area and resources assessment using acoustic backscatter intensity data in the polymetallic nodule field.
Editors
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Kiseong Hyeong
Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
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Se-Jong Ju
Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
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David Billett
Deep Seas Environmental Solutions Ltd., UK
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Ashley Rowden
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand
Articles (11 in this collection)
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3D Focused Inversion of Near-bottom Magnetic Data from Autonomous Underwater Vehicle in Rough Seas
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
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Sinking Particle Flux in the Subtropical Oligotrophic Northwestern Pacific from a Short-term Sediment Trap Experiment
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
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Characterization of Deep-sea Macrofauna in the Korean Exploration Claim Area in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, Northeastern Pacific Ocean
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
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Resource Assessment of Polymetallic Nodules Using Acoustic Backscatter Intensity Data from the Korean Exploration Area, Northeastern Equatorial Pacific
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
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