Exploring Ocean Floor Geodiversity in Relation to Mineral Resources in the Southwest Pacific Ocean

The future extraction of mineral resources may irreversibly damage ocean floor geodiversity in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. Therefore, understanding of the spatial distribution of ocean floor geodiversity in relation to mineral resources is important. For that purpose, we first developed a geodivers...

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Main Authors: Arie Christoffel Seijmonsbergen, Sanne Valentijn, Lisan Westerhof, Kenneth Frank Rijsdijk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Series:Resources
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/11/7/60