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    Seamount-Scale Controls on Ferromanganese Crust Geochemistry: Tropic Seamount, NE Atlantic

    By C. R. Pearce, B. Murton, S. Howarth, P. Lusty

    "With the expansion of “green” energy technologies, the demand for the critical raw materials required to sustain this growth is increasing. Many E-tech elements, including tellurium (Te) and rare ear

    Jan 1, 2017

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    Application Of Ferromanganese Marine Mineral Tailings In Concrete And Ceramics

    By J. C. Wiltshire

    Both ferromanganese crusts and nodules present potential processors with enormous volumes of tailings of dubious environmental character: most processing scenarios fail to utilize the uneconomic manga

    Jan 1, 1991

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    Paleomagnetic Results From Deep-Sea Sediment Of The Korea Deep Ocean Study (KODOS) Area (Northern Equatorial Pacific) And Their Paleodepositional Implications

    By Cheong-Kee Park

    Paleomagnetic properties of sediment cores were examined to reconstruct paleodepositional conditions in the Korea Deep Ocean Study (KODOS) manganese nodule area, located in the northeastern equatorial

    Jan 1, 2004

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    Location And Delineation Of Sea Floor Polymetallic Sulphide Deposits Using The Induced Polarization Method

    By W. H. Pelton

    Polymetallic sulphide (PMS) deposits have recently been discovered associated with hydrothermal vents on the sea floor off Vancouver Island, B.C. Visual estimates indicate reserves in excess of 1 mill

    Jan 1, 1985

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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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    Geochemistry Of Rare Earth Elements In Hydrothermal Sediments

    By Robert M. Owen

    The rare earth elements (REE1s; atomic number 57 -71) exhibit a coherent chemistry, are widespread in nature, and tend to occur in characteristic concentrations in different geochemical phases. Becaus

    Jan 1, 1989

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    Effective Exploitation Of Some Mineral Deposits Along The Continental Margin Of Kerala, India

    By S. Rajendran

    Much advance has been made in offshore hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation in India. But the same amount of success could not be achieved in the case of other offshore minerals which are amenable

    Jan 1, 1993

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    Physiology, Geology And Sulfide Deposits Of The Southern Explorer Ridge Seafloor Hydrothermal Site Using An Integrated GIS Database And 3D Modeling

    By Yannick C. Beaudoin

    Southern Explorer Ridge (SER) is an anomalously shallow, intermediate-rate spreading ridge located 200 kilometers off the west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada. It ranges in depth between 2600 m (dee

    Jan 1, 2001

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    An Integrated Approach To The Assessment Of Anthropogenic Disturbance At Marine Sand & Gravel Extraction Sites

    By D. S. Limpenny

    Marine benthic habitats are vulnerable to the influence of a wide range of anthropogenic activities (e.g. sand and gravel extraction, dredged material disposal and trawling). Traditionally, benthic e

    Jan 1, 2004

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    The Planning Viewpoint Of A Small Island Nation

    By Tap Pryor

    A very small nation with large seabed resources requires a strategy. The simplest approach is to duplicate every step taken by the United Nations (UN), in its own leasing programme. In addition, the s

    Jan 1, 1994

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    Canada's Shelf Resource Potential

    By Peter B. Hale

    Canada has a long history of marine-related industry and onshore mining. Even so, commercial interest in marine mining, excluding seawater mineral extraction and offshore extensions of hardrock deposi

    Jan 1, 1985

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    Features Of Distribution Pattern Of Cobalt-Rich Ferromanganese Crusts On The Micronesian And Marshall Islands Seamounts

    By Nobuyuki Okamoto

    Ferromanganese crusts on the seamounts in the Pacific Ocean are potential resources of cobalt, nickel, platinum and REEs. Particularly, those of the Republic of Marshall Islands and the Federated Stat

    Jan 1, 2011

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    A Study on Processing of Seafloor Massive Sulphides from the Loki’s Castle Area at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge

    By Kurt Aasly, Przemyslaw B. Kowalczuk, Rolf Arne Kleiv

    Seafloor massive sulphides (SMS) can serve as a potential resource of metals such as Cu, Zn, Au and Ag. SMS rock samples from the Loki’s Castle area at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge are comprised of sulp

    Jan 1, 2018

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    Offshore Diamond Exploration In Australia

    By Ian Selby

    Recent offshore diamond exploration has been concentrated in the SW Joseph Bonaparte Gulf. I`IW Australia. Extensive high resolution seismic and sampling surveys have been carried out in Cambridge Gul

    Jan 1, 1998

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    The Broken Spur And TAG Hydrothermal Fields On The Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Complex Histories Of Mound Development

    By R. W. Nesbitt

    The TAG and Broken Spur hydrothermal mounds are located on the Mid Atlantic Ridge (MAR) at 260N and 290N (respectively). Both were initially discovered by exploratory work from surface vessels and bo

    Jan 1, 1998

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    Resource Management And Environmental Impacts In Sand And Gravel Dredging

    By Ian Selby

    Resource management is a key factor in the operation of a successful marine aggregates business; it is integral to the development of sustainability, satisfying increasing commercial, quality, and env

    Jan 1, 2004

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    Submarine Hydrothermal Mineral Deposits In The Eastern Mediterranean Sea

    By David S. Cronan

    Submarine hydrothermal mineralization occurs in at least three locations along the Hellenic Volcanic Arc in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Weak hydrothermal discharges occur off Kos and Nisseros at th

    Jan 1, 1994

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    Plate Tectonic Reorganizations: Possible Controls On Massive Sulfide Deposition

    By A. M. Olivarez

    The elucidation of the theory of plate tectonics has provided a conceptual framework for understanding the formation and distribution of different types of ore deposits. For example, we now recognize

    Jan 1, 1988

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    Manganese Crust Project, Hawaii - An Update Of Progress And Plans

    By Charles L. Morgan

    The Minerals Management Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior and the State of Hawaii Department of Planning and Economic Development are investigating the cobalt-rich ferromanganese oxide cr

    Jan 1, 1985

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    Hydrothermal Activity along the Central Spreading Ridge of North Fiji Basin: Results from 2012-2013 Explorations

    By Jonguk Kim

    The North Fiji Basin (NFB) is a mature intraoceanic back arc basin with an age of ~12 Ma. Recent volcanism and spreading activity are focused along the Central Spreading Ridge (CSR), A ridge segment m

    Sep 14, 2011