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The Clipperton fracture zone (15) is the nearly horizontal line below the Clarion fracture zone (14), and the Middle America Trench is the deep-blue line No. 9. Location of the Clarion–Clipperton zone
Sweetman has observed the phenomenon time and time again over almost a decade and at several locations in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a large area that extends more than 4,000 miles (6,400 ...
Clipperton fracture zone [6] Clarion fracture zone [6] Juan de Fuca and Gorda Ridges. Surveyor, Molokai, Pioneer and Murray fracture zones shown in the list were ...
In international waters, the Clarion-Clipperton Zone is beyond the jurisdiction of any one country. The International Seabed Authority , under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ...
Clarion fracture zone (geology), a geological feature in the Clarion–Clipperton zone Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Clarion Fracture Zone .
The huge potential of the Clarion–Clipperton zone is based on an estimated amount of 21 billion tons of nodules. [32] Around 44 million tons of cobalt are stored in that area alone, which is around three times more than the land reserves could provide. [33] Manganese nodule fields are not equally distributed on the seafloor within the Clarion ...
A popular area for deep-sea mining, located in the Pacific Ocean, in the Clarion–Clipperton zone (CCZ). The CCZ is approximately 4,500,000 square kilometers constructed of various submarine fracture zones. [51] It has been divided into 16 mining claims and 9 sections dedicated to conservation. [52]
Clipperton Island photographed by the Sentinel-2 satellite. Clipperton is a ring-shaped atoll that completely encloses a stagnant fresh water lagoon and measures 12 km (7.5 mi) in circumference and 720 hectares (2.8 sq mi) in area. [43] [44] The island is the only coral island in the eastern Pacific.