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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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    Model of CCZ Geological Evolution and Nodules Potential Formation

    By Valery M. Yubko

    "The conceptual basis of the developed model is based on the ideas that evolution of geological-geomorphological structure of the CCZ is controlled by four types of geologic factors: geodynamic, sedim

    Jan 1, 2017

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    Temporal Variation Of Environmental Characteristics By Changing Water Column Structure In The Northeast Equatorial

    By Seung-Kyu Son

    Environmental properties of the northeast Equatorial Pacific along 131.5 degrees west, between 5 degrees and 13 degrees north latitude, were investigated in association with changes in water column st

    Jan 1, 2001

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    Self-Cleaning Acoustic/Screen Filter System

    By J. Robert Woolsey

    A unique concept for a self-cleaning filter system has been designed and constructed which utilizes acoustic energy, coupled hydraulically with a subject liquid media, and a fine mesh screen to perfor

    Jan 1, 1994

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    Commercial And Technical Realities Of Deep Ocean Mining

    By Jon Machin

    ?ORE? is defined as ?mineral/s that can be mined at a profit?. So, what is ORE at 2,000 m water depth? Is it 5% Copper or 1.8% Nickel/Cobalt? One of the key factors that determine what is ORE, pr

    Jan 1, 2004

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    New Frontier Explored by D/V Chikyu

    By Wonn Soh

    As for Earth, where human beings live, approximately 70 % of its surface is covered by oceans. Today, advanced technology has led us to understanding the abyssal ocean floor through the use of subme

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    Processes of Metal Sulfide Oxidation at Hydrothermal Vents and in Seafloor Massive Sulfides

    By Amy Gartman

    The interactions between hydrothermal fluids and seawater result in minerals that range in size from nano- to macro-scale and constrain mineral emplacement, whether in hydrothermal chimneys or metalli

    Jan 1, 2018

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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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    Major Kuroko-Type Deposit In The Central Izu-Ogasawara (Bonin) Arc, Japan

    By Kokichi Iizasa

    Two major Kuroko-type deposits and minor sulfide deposits have been found in the middle Izu-Ogasawara (Bonin) Arc, Japan (Fig. 1). The Hakurei deposit, one of the major Kuroko-type deposits, was rece

    Jan 1, 2005

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    Correlation Between Mineralogical And Chemical Compositions Of The Micro-Textures In Manganese Nodules

    By Hunsoo Choi

    Internal textures of manganese nodules from Clarion-Clipperton zone of northeastern Pacific Ocean are classified into five textural zones: columnar-textured layered zone, cuspate-textured layered zone

    Jan 1, 2002

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    Paleoceanographic Conditions During the Formation of Fe-Mn Crusts from the Pacific Ocean: Biostratigraphic and Compositional Evidence ? Introduction

    By Irina A. Pulyaeva

    Hydrogenetic Fe-Mn crusts play an important role in marine mineral-deposit research because of their widespread occurrence and high concentrations of valuable and rare metals. Most Fe-Mn crust deposit

    Jan 1, 2010

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    Taxonomic and Trophic Structure of Megabenthic Community on Polymetallic Nodules Fields in NE Pacific Ocean

    By Valcana Stoyanova

    Data and information for this study were collected in June-July 2009 onboard the RV Yuzhmorgeologiya in the area covers about 7000 km2 in the eastern part of the CCFZ between 10º05? - 10º55?N and 119º

    Jan 1, 2010

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    Local Variability of Ore Bed Parameters in Co-Rich Manganese Crusts (e23c7a2a-21be-4683-96e7-b361ec68f39c)

    By M. Ye. Melnikov

    The report is about oceanic ferromanganese crusts ? covers of iron and manganese hydroxides developed over an opened rock of seamounts and rises. Ore bed parameters of crusts are understandable as the

    Jan 1, 2010

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    Local Variability of Ore Bed Parameters in Co-Rich Manganese Crusts

    By M. Ye. Melnikov

    The report is about oceanic ferromanganese crusts ? covers of iron and manganese hydroxides developed over an opened rock of seamounts and rises. Ore bed parameters of crusts are understandable as the

    Jan 1, 2010

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    Simulation And Calculation Of System Hydraulic Lifting Of Mineral Coarse Solid Particles From Seabed To The Water Surface

    By V. Alexandrov

    This paper presents the results of theoretical investigations of the energy requirements of the hydraulic lifting of mined materials from the seabed to the sea surface in the deep-sea mining of solid

    Jan 1, 2005

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    Marine Minerals Potential in the Pacific Islands Region and the Proposed Management Strategy

    By Akuila K. Tawake

    The occurrences of polymetallic minerals within the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) of many Pacific Island Countries (PICs) have been confirmed through marine scientific researches and seabed minerals

    Jan 1, 2010

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    Sensitivity Analyses of the Kuroko-type Seafloor Massive Sulfide Mining in Japan’s EEZ

    By Tetsuo Yamazaki

    The Kuroko-type seafloor massive sulfides (SMS) in the western Pacific have received much attention as sources for economic recovery of gold (Au), silver (Ag), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), and lead (Pb). S

    Sep 24, 2006

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    Polymetallic Nodules as a Future Deep Sea Mineral Resource

    By U. Schwarz-Schampera, C. Rühlemann, H. -R. Kudrass

    Within 2006 BGR will conclude a contract with the UN International Seabed Authority (ISA) for the exploration of polymetallic nodules. The contract covers an area in the Pacific nodule belt between th

    Aug 24, 2006

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    The Strength Characteristics Of Deep Seabed Sediment

    By Ivo Dreiseitl

    The interaction between nodule harvester and eupelagic sediment on the seabed is definitely one of the key aspects of mining technology for polymetallic nodules which is to be studied in details. Phys

    Jan 1, 2011

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    Seafloor Massive Sulfides And Oceanic Core Complexes At The Slow-Spreading Ridges

    By G. Cherkashov

    The geodiversity of seafloor massive sulfides (SMS) deposits at the slow- and ultra-slow spreading ridges is of great variety (Fouquet et al., 2010). Tectonics and magmatism are the two principal fact

    Jan 1, 2011