Assertion: manganese's use | /r/CapableOf | assay nodule population density
Facets:
value: on the abyssal silt
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: In the course of these projects, a number of ancillary developments evolved, including the use of near-bottom towed side-scan sonar array to assay the nodule population density on the abyssal silt whilst simultaneously performing a sub-bottom profile with a derived, vertically oriented, low-frequency acoustic beam.[citation needed]