Monitoring the sand extraction on the Belgian Continental Shelf: methodology, results and expectations
Within the framework of a sustainable exploitation of the mineral resources on the Belgian Continental Shelf, the Belgian government has established a surveillance and monitoring program of the extraction activities and the impact on the environment. The up to date results show a concentration of the activities on the Kwintebank, resulting in a strong but merely local impact of the extractions on the bathymetry and sediments of the seafloor. In the near future the governmental control will evolve to a real-time surveillance and a dynamic and three-dimensional monitoring program to assure the f... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2006 |
Schlagwörter: | Benthos / Dredging / Environmental impact / Man-induced effects / Mineral resources / Monitoring / ANE / Belgium / Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) / Flemish Banks / Kwinte Bank |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28523787 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/113840.pdf |