5th Annual Deep Sea Mining Summit 2016
Beak presents manganese nodules prediction maps

23rd - 24th May 2016, London (United Kingdom)

The 5th Annual Deep Sea Mining Summit 2016 takes place from 23rd until 24th May 2016 in London (United Kingdom). On 24th May, at 9:55 a.m., Beak Consultants GmbH in cooperation with the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources of Germany (BGR) will present the prediction results of the manganese nodules coverage density on the seafloor within the German licence areas in the Pacific Ocean.

By using its artificial neural network (ANN) based advangeo® Prediction Software, Beak has compiled manganese nodules coverage predictive maps in 100 meter resolution across an area of 79,400 km².

More information about the conference can be found on the website.

Figure: Predictive map of manganese nodules coverage density by using advangeo® Prediction Software (Source: BGR, 2015)