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PROD – A “Swiss Army® Knife” for Deepwater Exploration
By Alan Foley
The Portable Remote Operated Drill was developed in Sydney, Australia in the 1990’s. The device is a platform for many in-situ seabed sampling and coring tasks. The range of tools developed for use in
Sep 24, 2006
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Recommendations For The Conservation And Management Of The Biodiversity Of Deep Sea Ecosystems Targeted By Seabed Mining (Polymetallic Nodule Deposits, Cobalt-Rich Ferromanganese Crusts And Hydrothermal Sulfides)
By Virginie Tilot
Recommendations have been drafted following an international multidisciplinary panel discussion organized at UNESCO/IOC by the Académie des Sciences d?Outre-Mer on 15 December 2010 conveyed, according
Jan 1, 2011
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Sampling System Development For Seabed Crust Deposits
By David A. Larson
The future exploitation of crust deposits will require a dependable characterization system. The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines (Bureau) initiated research to develop a new sampling
Jan 1, 1991
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Initial Assessment of Mineralogical Properties of Seafloor Massive Sulphide Deposit at the Arctic Mid- Ocean Ridge
By Kristian Drivenes, Steinar L. Ellefmo, Kurt Aasly, Ben Snook, Przemyslaw B. Kowalczuk, Rolf Arne Kleiv
"Since Ellefmo et al. (2014) published resource estimates of undiscovered seafloor massive sulfides (SMS) on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge (AMOR), there has been an increased focus on establishing new kn
Jan 1, 2017
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Potential Offshore Aggregate, Gulf Of Mexico
By S. Jeffress Williams
The topic area for this paper covers the United States portion of the northern Gulf of Mexico, extending from the Rio Grande delta east to the Florida peninsula. Declaration of an Exclusive Economic Z
Jan 1, 1986
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Marine Minerals and Energy Resources Research Works in KIGAM: Manganese Nodule and Gas Hydrate
By Lee Sung-rock
KIGAM (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) has been doing various kinds of research works in marine minerals and energy resources exploration and utilization since early 1990s in Kore
Sep 14, 2011
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Cobalt-Rich Crust Continuum Of Seamounts In The Central Pacific
By Alexander Malahoff
Accumulation of cobalt -rich ferromanganese crusts on Pacific seamounts located off-ridge in the Hawaiian EEZ, represents a complex process that involves geologic aging of the seamounts, geographic tr
Jan 1, 1991
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Development of Equipment for Reconnaissance Level Detection and Confirmation of Deepwater Massive Sulfide Deposits
By Will Roberts, M. E. Williamson
After verification of methodology and testing of prototype systems during 2005/06, Nautilus Minerals expanded their Papua New Guinea (PNG) operations to a full commercial exploration program in 2007
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Eastern English Channel Broadscale Mapping
By Sally Philpot, Siân E. Boyd, Hubert L. Rees, Emma Bee, Carla Houghton, Ceri James, Silvana N. R. Birchenough, S. Limpenny David, A. Coggan1 Roger, Koen Vanstaen
Every year approximately 22 million tonnes of marine sand and gravel are dredged form British waters. The eastern English Channel (EEC) contains substantial reserves, a proportion of which have been
Sep 24, 2006
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Ocean Mining, Undersea Mining Or Offshore Mining In The Chilean National Legislation, In The International Law And Its Technological Progress
By Winston Rocher Anda
Traditionally, mining activities have been developed in firm land, but technological advances and human needs have opened in the last year?s new opportunities in the maritime field. This has happened
Jan 1, 2011
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The New Exclusive Economic Zone Gas And Mineral Deposits A Target For New Exploration
By Alexander Malahoff
With its new continental shelf beyond the exclusive economic zone, New Zealand is a country with just 4% of its territory above water. The other 96% is submerged. New Zealand's marine territory c
Jan 1, 2011
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K-07 – Results of Neptune Minerals 2007 Southern Kermadec Arc Exploration Program
By Justin C. I. Baulch, Robina Sharpe, Steven J. Downey, John P. Feenan, Kate M. Perrin
Since becoming a public company in October 2005, Neptune Minerals has continued to advance its primary aims. Major achievements in the last year have been: • Successful completion of two simultaneou
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Organization Of The International Marine Mineral Society
By William D. Siapno
The International Marine Minerals Society has now come of age! Previously known as the International Marine Mining Society, it was an informal group without officers, by-laws or official status. Despi
Jan 1, 1986
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Geostatistical Applications In Marine Placer Exploration
By Robert M. Owen
Geochemical exploration for marine placers involves the acquisition, processing, and interpretation of geochemical data. Recent technological advances such as in-situ analysis systems and microcompute
Jan 1, 1986
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The Marine Minerals Technology Center - New Research Programs For Developing Continental Shelf And Deep Ocean Minerals
By J. R. Woolsey
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
Jan 1, 1989
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Energy Resource or Geologic Hazard? ? A Case Study on Gas Hydrates with Special Refernce to the Western Continental Margin of India
By S. Rajendran
Gas Hydrates (Methane Hydrates) are solid, ice ? like substances composed of water and natural gas. They occur naturally in areas of the world where methane and water can combine at appropriate condit
Jan 1, 2010
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Distribution of Manganese Deposits from Cretaceous to Recent -Overview of Studies of Buried Manganese Deposits in DSDP/ODP Cores
By Takashi Ito
Numerous studies have examined the distribution of deep-sea manganese deposits throughout geologic history. Here I summarize the recent results, focusing on the frequency of occurrence, burial age a
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Marine Gas Hydrate Research at IFM-GEOMAR: An Overview on History and Recent Developments
By G. Rehder, C. Hensen, P. Linke, J. Bialas, M. Haeckel, W. Weinrebe, K. Wallmann
Research on marine gas hydrate and the methane cycle has a tradition at IFM-GEOMAR. In summer 1996 during a cruise with RV SONNE offshore Oregon (USA) scientists of the former GEOMAR recovered the lar
Aug 24, 2006
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Rovdrill® - The Development and Application of a New ROV Operated Seabed Drilling and Coring System
By Allan Spencer
In March 2007, Nautilus Minerals Inc. announced that they had commenced their 2007 exploration and development program with the mobilization of the Research Vessel Wave Mercury and the Survey Vessel A
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Seafloor Massive Sulfides: Lessons from Land and Sea
By Steven D. Scott
A geologist can be likened to a medical pathologist trying to figure out from faint clues how something had lived and how it died, often long after the event. Present-day seafloor hydrothermalism has
Aug 24, 2006