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24 June 2022 | dataset

Vanuatu, Deep Sea Minerals Survey, 1995, Report

The Cooperative Study on the Deep sea Mineral Resources in Selected Offshore Areas of the SOPAC Region, 1995, Sea Area of the island of Vanuatu.The area was selected in accordance with the joint study program for deep sea mineral resources in the EEZ of the SOPAC member countries agreed upon by the Japanese executing agency and the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) on March 3, 2000. By the survey, seafloor topographic maps and acoustic reflectivity data by Multi ­Narrow Beam Echo Sounder (MBES) of thirteen seamounts had been obtained, and sampling mainly by
dredging had been carried out.The purpose of the survey lies in the assessment of the potential of cobalt rich manganese crust (cobalt crust) resources and the environmental characteristic within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, a member country of SOPAC.

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Publisher Pacific Data Hub
Modified 24 June 2022
Release Date 24 June 2022
Source URL https://pacificdata.org/data/dataset/d8f836e6-0552-4ec2-aa60-1810245fc14e
Identifier d8f836e6-0552-4ec2-aa60-1810245fc14e
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location Array
Relevant Countries Vanuatu
License Public
[Open Data]