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Gas Hydrates as a Future Energy Resource – Scientific Aspects and Perspectives
By Christian Müller, Hermann-Rudolf Kudrass, Christian Reichert
Recent studies estimate the depletion mid-point (dmp) for conventional natural gas to be reached around year 2022, and for conventional oil to be reached around year 2017. These numbers are based on
Aug 24, 2006
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Exploration and Estimation of Gravel Resource Potential in Southeast Chukchi Sea Continental Shelf Off Kivalina, Alaska
By S. Naidu, J. Kelley, Roger Amato
The Alaskan Continental Shelf covers 76 % of the total shelf area of the United States. There are a lot of potential gravel deposits in the Alaskan offshore region. The gravel resources are currentl
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A Developing Country?s Challenges in Permitting / Regulating Underwater Mining ? PNG Experience
By Jerry Hanua Naime
Papua New Guinea has permitted its first underwater mine. Nautilus Minerals (PNG) Limited is the company permitted to operate the Solwara 1 project. The project is located 30km off the nearest islan
Jan 1, 2010
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New Directions In The Marine Minerals Program At The U.S. Minerals Management Service
By LeRon E. Bielak
The marine minerals program of the Minerals Management Service (MMSI has undergone significant changes during 1991. Formerly the Office of Strategic and International Minerals, the program has been re
Jan 1, 1991
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Hydrothermal Deposits In Atlantic: Types And Perspectives
By Georgy A. Cherkashov
Two principal types of the hydrothermal fields in Atlantic - axial and off-axis - could be established based on their structural setting in the rift zone of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) (Figure1).
Jan 1, 2003
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The Application of Current Benthic Assessment Expertise to the Marine Mining ? A Perspective on Best Practice from the UK
By Daniel Brutto
Environmental considerations are a key driver within the marine mining consenting process across different national and international legislative regimes and are critical in shaping the global public
Sep 14, 2011
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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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Regional-Scale Mapping Of U.S. Continental Margin Sedimentary Environments: Tools For Research, Seafloor Management And Aggregate Resource Assessments
By S. Jeffress Williams
Continental shelf margins are dynamic sedimentary environments that contain important benthic habitats and support many functions such as navigation, national defense, cables, pipelines, trawling, and
Jan 1, 2004
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Gas Hydrates Of The West Coast Of India: A Neo-Tectonic Perspective (1d4cfd86-5c10-440c-a519-a1146741f386)
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, 2002
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Deep-Sea Mining: Intersections with Other Activities
By Det Juridiske Fakultet, Maria Madalena das Neves
The ocean is increasingly seen as the answer for a myriad of challenges facing humankind. In effect, in addition to being vital for transportation and communication, the oceans contain living and non-
Jan 1, 2018
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The Japan/Sopac Co-Operative Deep-Sea Mineral Resources Study Project: Report On Results Of Activities Between 2000 To 2002, With An Emphasis On Results Of Marine Drilling In The North Fiji Basin, Fiji?s EEZ
By Nobuyuki Okamoto
The present three-year long phase of the SOPAC/Japan Deep Sea Co-operative Mineral Resources Programme [Programme], commenced in 2000. The Programme has been funded by the Government of Japan through
Jan 1, 2002
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Polymetallic Sulfide Formation And Gold Enrichment On Hydrothermal Vents Of Pacific Seamounts
By Alexander Malahoff
Mineral zonation studies were conducted on hydrothermal vents of two hot spot volcanoes. One study site is located within the Axial Caldera of the axial hot spot volcano of the Juan de Fuca Ridge. The
Jan 1, 1988
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Platinum-Group-Metals, Gold, And Chromium Resource Potential Offshore Of Platinum, Alaska
By James C. Barker
Concern over the availability of domestic critical and strategic mineral supplies has led the Bureau of Mines to evaluate the reserve development potential of alternative sources in Alaska. Near the v
Jan 1, 1986
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Heavy-Mineral Resources Offshore Of The Southeast Atlantic Coast
By Andrew E. Grosz
The United States is dependent on foreign imports for about 80 percent of its ilmenite, about 60 percent of its rutile, and virtually all of its monazite. Nearshore marine sand deposits and beach-comp
Jan 1, 1986
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Namco: Progression Through Sampling to Full Scale Diamond Production Offshore Namibia
By Roger J. Daniel
Major interest and investment in southern Africa's west coast diamond deposits have resulted in the development of various tools for sampling and mining in the varied geological conditions encoun
Jan 1, 1998
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Preliminary Results of ROV Expeditions to Kuroko-type Deposits in the EEZ of Japan
By Kokichi Iizasa
Modern Kuroko-type deposits have been much reported in submarine calderas and cauldrons in the EEZ of Japan since 1988. Some of them have been found based on heavy mineral analysis of sediments in whi
Oct 15, 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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Base And Precious Metal ?Ores? In The Oceans
By Steven D. Scott
Stephen D. Scott Steven Scott is a Professor of Geology, Director of the Marine Geology Research Laboratory and, until May 1997, was Chairman for 9 years of Geological and Mining Engineering, all
Jan 1, 1998
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Underwater Hyperspectral Imaging of Marine Mineral Deposits
By Geir Johnsen
Hyperspectral remote sensing has been used extensively on land to identify minerals for the mining industries. An underwater hyperspectral imager (UHI) has been developed at the Norwegian University o
Jan 1, 2010
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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