Polymetallic nodules on the seabed (IMAGE)

University of Rhode Island

Polymetallic nodules on the seabed

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Newly found polymetallic nodules were spotted on the seabed at 5,645 m water depth to the east of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands by the Orpheus AUV.

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NOAA Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute

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