The Marine Minerals Technology Center - New Research Programs For Developing Continental Shelf And Deep Ocean Minerals

Research grants of The Marine Minerals Technology Center (MMTC) are directed toward development of the technology 'for exploration, mining, and processing of non-fuel mineral resources within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone. FY 1989-90 research grants are as follows: - Seafloor Gamma Measurement Data Collection System. - Free-Fall Seafloor Hard Substrate Corer. - Microtopography of Manganese Crust Deposits. - Cobalt Crust Continuum on Seamounts, EEZ, Hawaii. - Economics of Marine Polymetallic Sulfide Resources. - Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometer. - Depositional Models for Aggregate and Heavy Mineral Exploration. - Sand Resources of Heald and Sabine Banks, Texas. - Sources, Geometries, and Compositions of Heavy Mineral Placers. - Geostatistical Methods for Marine Placer Exploration. - Computer Aided Design for Communication and Strength Umbilicals.