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Potentially Minable Sands Of Virginia's Inner Continental Shelf
By Carl H. Hobbs
The beach at the resort city of Virginia Beach, Virginia has been and increasingly will be dependent upon artificial nourishment for maintenance and for hurricane protection. Both existing base-level
Jan 1, 1995
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Canadian Experience In Interpreting The "Law Of The Sea" With Reference To The Development Of Marine Mineral Resources
By Richard T. Haworfh
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) entered into force, for those nations who had ratified it, on November 16, 1994. The Convention deals with nearly every aspect of ocean aff
Jan 1, 1996
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Modeling and Field Studies of Nodule Dewatering Plumes Generated by Surface Processing Vessels
By Michael Goldin, Jonathan Ladner, Thomas Peacock, Nathaniel Johnson, Patrick Haley, Kris van Nijen, Andrew Rzeznik, Pierre Lermusiaux, Matthew Alford, Carlos Munoz-Royo
Surface processing vessels for deep-sea nodule mining operations will produce dewatering plumes that will be released at some depth into the ocean water column. We are studying all aspects of this par
Jan 1, 2017
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The Marine Minerals Technology Center
By J. Robert Woolsey
The Marine Minerals Technology Center (MMTC) was established by Congress in FY 1988 as part of the Mineral Institutes Program, administered by the U.S. Bureau of Mines under the auspices of the Depart
Jan 1, 1988
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Manganese Nodules: Twenty Years Of Accomplishments
By John W. Padan
What is known about manganese nodules and their potential commercial recovery is outlined in terms of economics, legal rights, environmental impacts, and mineral genesis. As a result of 20 years of ac
Jan 1, 1989
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Minimizing Environmental Risk - An Opportunity To Reconsider Submarine Mine Tailings Disposal
By Paul C. Rusanowski
Mining is a waste intensive industry, oftentimes producing hundreds of kilograms of waste rock and tailings for every gram of metal recovered. Disposal of mine tailings is a major concern in most mini
Jan 1, 1991
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Fisheries Interests And Ocean Mining
By D. J. Scarratt
Fisheries make a significant regional contribution to the economy of Canada. In the Atlantic Region, over 70 thousand workers depend on the primary or secondary fishing industry. Fisheries are vulnera
Jan 1, 1985
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Some Questions of the AUV Control in Surveying the Seamounts.
By Mikhail D. Ageev
The paper concerns with some questions of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) control system design, which allows a motion at rough undersea terrain. The AUV advantages reveal itself completely du
Jan 1, 2011
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Marine Mineral Image-Text Database
By Lu Jun
Up to now, much data on marine minerals, as well as on marine geochemistry, have been accumulated. Modem computer databases provide optimum flexibility and power for manipulating these data. The best
Jan 1, 1994
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Sand From Virginia's Inner Continental Shelf
By Carl H. Hobbs
The needs of the on-going basic maintenance operations and proposed enhancement and hurricane protection projects in the City of Virginia Beach exceed the capability land-slide sources of sand. Throug
Jan 1, 1996
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On The Possibility Of Offshore Mineral Occurrences In Greenland Waters
By P. U. W. Appel
Despite the very large offshore Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) area of Greenland (in excess of 2 mill. km2) virtually no work has been carried out on marine minerals on the ocean floor. Apart from a si
Jan 1, 1988
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North Atlantic Marine Minerals and Ocean Mining Potential
By Fredrik Søreide
The Norwegian EEZ contains large areas of interest for SMS exploration along the Mid- Atlantic Ridge, from Jan Mayen to Svalbard. At the same time Norwegian companies engaged in oil and gas activities
Sep 14, 2011
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Gold Mineralization In The Marine Environment; A Possible Marine Mineral Exploration And Mining Target
By Thomas Pichler
In the past marine mining technology has focused on bulk mining of base metals from polymetallic massive sulfides. This has not been very successful because of the relatively low unit value of these m
Jan 1, 1993
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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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The Gorda Ridge Technical Task Force: A Cooperative Federal-State Approach To Offshore Mining Issues
By G. McMurray
The release by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the leasing of polymetallic sulfide minerals on the Gorda Ridge in December 1983 resulted
Jan 1, 1985
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Column Flotation Of Cobalt-Rich Ferromanganese Crust
By William C. Hirt
Column flotation is a promising technique for processing as-mined, cobalt-rich, ferromanganese crust to separate the valuable crust component from barren substrate-rock, either aboard ship or within t
Jan 1, 1992
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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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Uncommon Au- And Ag-Enriched Sulfidic Mineral Assemblages From A Basaltic Spreading Ridge Environment: Mt. Jourdanne, Southwest Indian Ridge
By Peter Halbach
Hydrothermal activity is well known from many locations on most mid-ocean ridges, however no hydrothermally mineralized area had yet been found at the ultraslow spreading southwest Indian Ridge up to
Jan 1, 2001
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Remote Drilling Technology
By Patrick J. C. Ryall
Remotely control led drills capable of being lowered to the sea-floor from ordinary research vessels have been developed over the past two decades. These drills are currently being used in geological
Jan 1, 1985
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Possible Exploitation Of Seabed Minerals Of West Coast Of India
By S. Rajendran
The western continental margin comprises of the southwest coast (Cape Comorin-Mangalore), centralwest coast or Konkan coast (Mangalore-Bombay), northwest coast (Bombay-Gulf of Kutch) and the Laccadive
Jan 1, 1996