WP-1: Project management and organization

Task 1.1. Organization of actions – Financial management

Task 1.2. Training issues

 Task 1.3. Project’s internal evaluation

 Task 2.2. European experience in MA prospecting, dredging and usage

 Task 2.3. Potential industrial use of MA 

 Task 2.4. Assessment of the volume required for beach nourishment in Greece

 Task 2.5. Data base development for the storage and utilisation of all the information gathered

WP-3. MA deposits identification

 Task 3.1. Selection of submarine areas with potential MA deposits

 Task 3.2. Geo-physical data acquisition and analysis

 Task 3.4. A quantitative assessment of the identified MA deposits

 WP-4. Sedimentological characteristics of the MA deposits

 Task 4.1. Seabed sediment sampling related to the MA identified deposits

 Task 4.2. Granulometric analysis of MA deposits

 Task 4.3. Mineralogy of MA deposits

 Task 4.4. Geochemistry of MA deposits

 WP-5. Environmental issues associated with MA prospecting, dredging and usage

 Task 5.1. Environmental legislation (Greek and European), for MA prospecting and extraction

 Task 5.2. Benthos investigation in the potential locations of MA extraction

 Task 5.3. Environmental impact assessment

 Task 5.4. Decision making tool for the most suitable method of extraction

 Task 5.5. Development of a “Protocol for MA Extraction”

 WP-6. Dissemination and exploitation of the results

 Task 6.1. Potential possibilities for the use of the identified MA deposits

 Task 6.2. Investigation for new industrial applications of MA

 Task 6.3. Dissemination of project’s results

 Task 6.4. Project’s website