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    Epithermal Ore Formation At The Neovolcanic Komba Ridge In The Eastern Flores Sea, Indonesia

    By Peter Halbach

    Within the frame of the German-Indonesian cooperative Bandamin research project two short cruises (7 station days each) were carried out which led to the Flores-Banda basin located north of the active

    Jan 1, 2004

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    Halogens Geochemistry in Ferromanganese Crusts – Does The Electrochemical Model Apply?

    By Kira Mizell, James Hein

    "INTRODUCTIONThe majority of studies on the genesis of ferromanganese crusts focus on the adsorption and accumulation of metals, and therefore cations, especially those of economic interest. From thes

    Jan 1, 2017

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    Neptune Minerals Plc - First Year as a Public Company

    By Simon McDonald

    The Neptune Group was established in 1999 to apply for exploration permits within New Zealand’s 200nm EEZ. These applications were to investigate and commercialise hydrothermal Seafloor Massive Sulp

    Aug 24, 2006

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    Offshore Phosphate Deposits: New Developments In U.S. Waters

    By W. C. Burnett

    The land phosphate deposits of the U.S. southeastern coastal plain have long been a major factor in the world trade of phosphate rock (Fig. 1). As recently as 1979, deposits of North Carolina and Flor

    Jan 1, 1986

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    Gorda Ridge And Mid-Atlantic Ridge: New Frontiers For Undersea Research

    By Peter A. Rona

    Investigations of the Gorda Ridge within the proclaimed U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone off northern California and southern Oregon, and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge extending along the center of the Atlantic

    Jan 1, 1988

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    Not Your Father's AUV: New Technologies That Will Transform Deep Sea Operations

    By Carl L. Kaiser

    This abstract discusses selected recent technology developments at the Deep Submergence Lab at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution aimed at fundamentally changing the nature and scope of AUV oper

    Sep 14, 2011

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    Development of a Vertical Transport System: An Experimental Approach

    By Wiebe Boomsma

    INTRODUCTION Starting in February 2014, 19 partners from EU industry, research institutions and academia joined forces and formed the Blue Mining consortium. In the following four years, they have set

    Jan 1, 2018

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    An Innovative Solution to a Common Problem: SAGRES Decision Support for Deep-Sea Mining and Maritime Spatial Planning Activities

    By Paulo Chaves, Márcia Gonçalves, João R. S. Carvalho, Fernando J. A. S. Barriga, Edgar Carrolo, Tiago Luna, Ricardo Rato, Anabela Bento

    INTRODUCTION For the last decades, deep-sea marine resources such as seabed massive sulfides (SMS), polymetallic nodules and ferromanganese crusts (Fe-Mn crusts) have received an ever- increasing amou

    Jan 1, 2018

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    Conceptual Methods Of Deep Sea Mineral Exploration In The Central Pacific - Introduction

    By David S. Cronan

    The traditional method of deep sea manganese nodule exploration is to conduct grid survey and sampling on successively finer scales until a suitable deposit has been delineated. Clearly this is both

    Jan 1, 2003

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    Indian Underwater Mining Programme, Its Long Term And Short Term Objectives

    By M. Ravindran

    The Government of India started its deep seabed exploration programme during 1982. This programme was started as one of national importance and several national laboratories were involved to realize t

    Jan 1, 1994

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    Tellurium-Bearing Minerals in Sulfide Chimneys from Ultramafic-Hosted Semyenov-2 Hydrothermal Field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge

    By Georgy Cherkashov, Tamara Stepanova, Anna Firstova

    INTRODUCTION High tellurium contents in the ancient volcanogenic massive sulfides (VMS) and modern seafloor massive sulfides (SMS) have been reported by V.Maslennikov (Maslennikov et al., 2013). Howev

    Jan 1, 2018

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    Update On The United Nations International Seabed Authority Deliberations

    By Charles L. Morgan

    In June 1996, the United Nations International Seabed Authority opened shop in Kingston, Jamaica as an autonomous international organization charged with the administration of seabed mineral developme

    Jan 1, 2000

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    Towards Operational Environmental Threshold Levels for Exploitation of Mineral Resources in the Deep Sea

    By Karsten Hagenah, Tor Jensen, Jens Laugesen, Øyvind Fjukmoen, Lucy Brooks

    This paper discusses operational environmental threshold levels for exploitation of mineral resources in the deep sea. Such criteria are needed to be able to monitor and control deep sea mining with r

    Jan 1, 2018

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    Expected TTR Licence Approval and New Zealand Law Changes Ensure Chatham Marine Phosphate Project Has More Permitting Confidence

    By R. K. H. Falconer, Wood R. A., C. D. Castle

    "A deposit of phosphate nodules is on the Chatham Rise approximately 450 kilometres to the east of Christchurch in the South Island of New Zealand. The deposit contains sufficient rock phosphate to su

    Jan 1, 2017

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    Studies on the Properties and Environmental Impacts of Deep Seabed Mine Tailings in Korea

    By Chan Min Yoo, Kiseong Hyeong, Inah Seo

    INTRODUCTION One of the major concerns for deep seabed mining is its environmental impact, from the disturbance of benthic communities due to the mining activity to the disposal of mine tailings back

    Jan 1, 2018

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    An Article 76-Based Definition Of The U.S. Atlantic Continental Shelf

    By G. B. Carpenter

    The United Nations Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention includes provisions (Article 76) for establishing the outer limits of a coastal State's continental shelf and for denoting the seaward extent of

    Jan 1, 1995

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    Tellurium-Rich Ferromanganese Crusts

    By James R. Hein

    Ferromanganese oxyhydroxide crusts (Fe-Mn crusts) precipitate out of cold ambient seawater onto hard-rock surfaces at water depths of about 600-4000 m throughout the ocean basins. Fe-Mn crusts concen

    Jan 1, 2000

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    The Mesoscale Distribution Of Zooplankton Community In The Northeastern Pacific

    By Jung-Hoon Kang

    Present study was stemmed from the survey associated with deep-sea mining in the KODOS area between Clarion Fracture Zone and Clipperton Fracture Zone located in the North Pacific Ocean. The study

    Jan 1, 2003

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    Environmental Controls On Manganese Nodule Composition In The Southwest Pacific

    By Philomene Verlaan

    This study examines the possible relationships between compositional variability in non-hydrothermal manganese nodules and large-scale environmental parameters. In the central SW Pacific (145-180° W a

    Jan 1, 2000

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    Developing A Geological Model For The Clarion-Clipperton Polymetallic Nodule Deposits

    By Nii Allotey Odunton

    One of the primary responsibilities of the International Seabed Authority?s Secretariat (the Secretariat) is to assess the quantities of metals present in seabed polymetallic nodules in the Internatio

    Jan 1, 2005