03932nam a22005055i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001100153072001500164072002300179072001400202245019800216250001800414264007500432300006500507336002600572337002600598338003600624347002400660490005600684505080900740520121601549650002002765650001802785650001902803650001302822650002002835650002002855650001902875650001302894700008302907700008702990700007903077710003403156773002603190776003603216776003603252776003603288830005603324856004603380978-3-031-51865-2DE-He21320251030112305.0cr nn 008mamaa240610s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830315186527 a10.1007/978-3-031-51865-22doi 4aG1-922 7aRB2bicssc 7aSCI0190002bisacsh 7aRB2thema14aThe Natural Environment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridgeh[electronic resource] :bA Case Study of the Potential Mining Site /cedited by Teresa Radziejewska, Jan Marcin Węsławski, Michał Tomczak.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer International Publishing :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aXII, 136 p. 38 illus., 34 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda1 aGeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences,x2190-52070 aIntroduction -- Part A: Abiotic Environment -- Hydrological And Meteorological Conditions In The Contract Area -- Seafloor Morphology, Geology, Sediments And Sedimentation Processes -- Part B: Biology And Ecology -- Pelagic Enviroinment And Its Biocenoses -- Benthic Organisms -- Seabed Communities -- Part C: Research Methods -- Deep Sea Research Methods To Be Used During The Exploitation Of The Mid-Atlantic Ridge Polymetallic Sulphide Areas -- Part D: Environmental Protection And Conservation; Legal Framework -- Deep Sea Environmental Protection And Conservation Issues As Applied To The Mar Ecosystem -- The Legal And Regulatory Framework For Protection And Conservation Of The Deep Sea Floor With A Particular Reference To The Mid-Ocean Ridges: A Summary -- Ecosystem Valuation And Monitoring. .  aThe book presents the first comprehensive description of parts of the Mid-Atlantic ridge subject to a contract for polymetallic sulphide exploration between the International Seabed Authority and the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Poland. The state-of-the-art of the study area presented here takes into account a variety of aspects, including hydrological and meteorological conditions, hydrography, optical properties of water, seafloor morphology, geology, sediments and sedimentation processes, pelagic environment and its biocoenosis, benthic organisms, seabed communities, deep-sea environmental protection, as well as many other. Also, the research methods and tools are enumerated, and the studies advised for the future are outlined. The Atlantic seabed area described in this monograph is situated near the central part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR), one of the major geological formations on Earth, featuring - like other mid-oceanic ridges - active and inactive hydrothermal vent fields with their unusual and unique ecosystems. The commercial interest in MAR exploration is due to the deposits of massive polymetallic sulphides, formed as a result of hydrothermal fluid precipitation. 0aEarth sciences. 0aOceanography. 0aGeomorphology. 0aGeology.14aEarth Sciences.24aOcean Sciences.24aGeomorphology.24aGeology.1 aRadziejewska, Teresa.eeditor.4edt4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt1 aWęsławski, Jan Marcin.eeditor.4edt4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt1 aTomczak, Michał.eeditor.4edt4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303151864508iPrinted edition:z978303151866908iPrinted edition:z9783031518676 0aGeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences,x2190-520740uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51865-2