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Impact of offshore placer mining experiments (PLAMEX) on the sediment size and heavy minerals
DRS at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography
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Impact of offshore placer mining experiments (PLAMEX) on the sediment size and heavy minerals
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| Creator |
Valsangkar, A.B.
Fernandes, D. |
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| Subject |
Environmental impact
offshore mining heavy minerals placer |
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| Description |
Two offshore placer mining experiments (PLAMEX) were conducted using submersible pumps specially designed by Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI), Durgapur (India) at 8 m water depth in Kalbadevi Bay (PLAMEX-I), Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, and off Paradip (PLAMEX-II), Orissa, to determine the effects on sediment grain size and heavy mineral assemblages. The PLAMEX-I results for the sediments off Kalbadevi Bay showed no major effects on the average sand, silt and clay, grain size, and the heavy mineral percentages. The PLAMEX-II results for the sediments off Paradip showed mixed effects due to the dynamic environmental conditions |
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| Date |
2009-11-27T07:05:36Z
2009-11-27T07:05:36Z 2009 |
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Journal Article
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| Identifier |
Current Science, vol.97(10); 1467-1472
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/3455 |
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| Language |
en
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| Publisher |
Current Science Association
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