Campagne Nixo 46: Etude detaillee de deux sites de ramassage de nodules polymetalliques

Two site surveys inside the French mining area of the Clipperton Fracture Zone have been imaged with the SAR system. The main results of this cruise are: a good image of the obstacles for the mining-vehicles (density, geometric feature, localization); and the compilation of the data (bathymetry, sonar, mud penetrator 3.5 KC, photo, etc...) on the site survey for the mining test gives a complete view of the relationship between nodules and their environment.