04338nam a22005895i 4500 978-3-031-51865-2 DE-He213 20251030112305.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240610s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031518652 978-3-031-51865-2 10.1007/978-3-031-51865-2 doi G1-922 RB bicssc SCI019000 bisacsh RB thema The Natural Environment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge [electronic resource] : A Case Study of the Potential Mining Site / edited by Teresa Radziejewska, Jan Marcin Węsławski, Michał Tomczak. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XII, 136 p. 38 illus., 34 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2190-5207 Introduction -- 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. . The 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. Earth sciences. 65010 Oceanography. 71005 Geomorphology. 61974 Geology. 65838 Earth Sciences. 65010 Ocean Sciences. 71006 Geomorphology. 61974 Geology. 65838 Radziejewska, Teresa. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 78504 Węsławski, Jan Marcin. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 78505 Tomczak, Michał. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 78506 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031518645 Printed edition: 9783031518669 Printed edition: 9783031518676 GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2190-5207 77820 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51865-2 ZDB-2-EES ZDB-2-SXEE 60634 60634