OMARC was created from projects from FP5, OMARC is
to contribute to complete the inventory of mineral and biological resources
of the European Ocean Margins in view of conducting safer and environment
friendly exploration and exploitation of deep-water resources. In particular
it will bring new elements on environmental aspects of deep-sea rich bearing
hydrocarbon provinces and highly exploited fishery
zone. The detail objective of the cluster is to improve through multidisciplinary
Margin research the understanding on gas-hydrates, submarine slope stability,
quaternary evolution of the European margin, cold-water coral reefs,
and seafloor and sub-seafloor biosphere activity.
OMARC Conference : Paris (Fr): 15th-17th September 2003
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