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    Seafloor Hydrothermal Mineralization: Retrospect And Prospect

    By P. A. Rona

    The first hydrothermal mineral deposits found at a seafloor spreading center were discovered in the Red Sea by multi-national research vessels between 1963 and 1965. At that time, the deposits were co

    Jan 1, 1989

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    Marine Mining And Minerals Exploration: The New Role For Academe

    By J. Robert Moore

    Introductory remarks will be made by the speaker, chiefly on recent and current developments in the industrial, agency and academic sectors that relate to the status of marine mining and mineral explo

    Jan 1, 1986

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    First Map and Catalogue of Submarine Mineral Deposits from Spain: Emodnet-Geology Project

    By Lorena Blanco, Guillermo Gómez-Ramos, Iker Blasco, Egidio Marino, Luis Somoza, Ricardo León, Teresa Medialdea, Javier González

    "This study presents the first catalogue of marine mineral deposits and energy resources along the continental margin of Spain. Aggregates, oil and gas and metalliferous mineral areas have been define

    Jan 1, 2017

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    New Approaches To Marine Diamond Exploration And Mining

    By Mike Woodborne

    The marine diamond industry off south-western Africa is maturing rapidly. Some of the larger explorers have reached an advanced stage in their resource development and new mining operations have been

    Jan 1, 1998

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    MUM – Large Modifiable Underwater Mother Ship

    By Pia-Maria Haselberger, Marc Schiemann, Christian Frühling, Nicolas Richter, Hendrik Wehner, Andreas Kaschube

    "The paper provides the principle considerations for a novel vehicle class within the scope of the project Large Modifiable Underwater Mothership (MUM). The main idea for these ships is to create a hi

    Jan 1, 2017

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    DCNS' Solutions for Deep Sea Mining Environmentally Friendly Activities

    By Demoor Damien

    "The exploitation of marine resources has enjoyed renewed interest with a completely new sector, that of the Deep Sea Mining of mineral resources in the seabed, that is now gaining momentum. Neverthel

    Jan 1, 2017

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    Advances In Seabed Mapping And Sediment Profiling Technology

    By Freddy Pøhner

    The paper describes recent advances in the technology for mapping of the seabed with acoustic instrumentation. These instruments are typically single beam echo sounders, multibeam echo sounders and hi

    Jan 1, 2003

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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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    A Geologic Survey Of The Near-Shore Regions Around White Island, New Zealand; Sidescan Imagery, Rock And Gas Samples From The 1995 MMTC-WIS Survey.

    By Gregory J. Kurras

    In 1995 the Marine Minerals Technology Center (MMTC) of the University of Hawaii conducted a sidescan sonar survey and sampling expedition of the submarine geology and hydrothermal systems surrounding

    Jan 1, 2011

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    Navigating Marine Management Regimes under the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone Act 2012

    By Siobhan Quayle

    Managing sediment plumes under multiple jurisdictions Management of activities in the New Zealand EEZ can be characterized as a distributed basis of decision-making with each independent and separate

    Jan 1, 2018

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    230Th/U-dating of Massive Sulfides: Results and Applications

    By Georgy Cherkashov, Vladislav Kuznetsov

    The presentation describes new data concerning the age of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) hydrothermal fields. The collection of massive sulfides recovered from six hydrothermal fields has been dated usi

    Aug 24, 2006

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    Present Status Of Offshore Phosphate Deposits, Atlantic Continental Margin

    By Stanley R. Riggs

    Phosphate deposits on the southeastern U.S. coastal plain have long been the major force in world phosphate markets. World markets continue to grow, but the role of U.S. resources is rapidly declining

    Jan 1, 1988

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    From Space Robotics to Deep-sea Mining

    By Robert Corcoran, Piotr Jasiobedzki, Roy Jakola, Michael Jenkin

    Vast mineral resources of copper, zinc, cobalt and gold have been identified off the coast of Papua New Guinea at depths exceeding 2,000 meters. Accessing them in a cost effective manner and without

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    Designing Ships for Deep Sea Mining

    By Dilip Sarangdhar

    "SeaTech Solutions International (S) Pte Ltd, Singapore are the designers of world’s first seabed mining ship. The ship is now under construction and expected to be delivered next year. The Deep Sea M

    Jan 1, 2017

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    A Comparison of Terrestrial and Seabed Mineral Resources for Cobalt

    Recent focus by terrestrial mineral explorers (and investors) on cobalt has increasingly highlighted the future critical need for this metal, with new-age batteries being the primary utilisation. We p

    Jan 1, 2018

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    Towards Zero Impact: Assessment Of Ecological Impact For Tailings Return

    By Wiebe Boomsma

    This is a framework study financed by the Maritime Innovation Programme of The Netherlands and several institutions actively involved in the research of the environmental impact of deep sea mining; IH

    Sep 14, 2011

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    Structuring a Successful Underwater Mining Project

    By Lisa Koch, Eleanor Martin

    "Each underwater mining project is different. However, most have one thing in common: To be successful. We will draw on our experience advising hundreds of international clients each year on mining, o

    Jan 1, 2017

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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

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    New Morphological insights of the Fieberling Guyot, Northeast Pacific Ocean: Scales of Seafloor Mineral Exploration

    By Brian Parsons

    In June of 2013, Odyssey Marine Exploration conducted sea trials of the newly installed SeaBat 7150 full-ocean multibeam sonar system on the M/V Dorado Discovery over the Fierberling Guyot in the nort

    Sep 14, 2011

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    Deep Seabed Mining in National Jurisdiction: Key Challenges

    By Joshua Brien

    DEEP SEABED MINING IN NATIONAL JURISDICTION: KEY CHALLENGES The talk focuses on the key challenges that arise from deep-seabed mineral exploration and development within areas of national jurisdiction

    Jan 1, 2018