Video: Learn more about seabed minerals
Seabed minerals, stored in Geobank at our main office in Stavanger. Core samples and drill cuttings from exploration and production wells on the Norwegian shelf and more are also stored here.
2/11/2022 Watch a video with the geologists Nils Rune Sandstå and Jan Stenløkk, and learn more about seabed minerals. You can either watch a short or a long version.
Video about seabed minerals – short version (approx. 50 sec.)
Video about seabed minerals – long version (approx. 4 min.)
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