Minerals Report - International Seabed Authority
Minerals Report - International Seabed Authority Minerals Report - International Seabed Authority
Published in Jamaica 2004 by the International Seabed Authority © International Seabed Authority 2004 National Library of Jamaica Cataloguing-in-Publication Data International Seabed Authority Workshop (3 rd : 2000 : Kingston) Minerals other than polymetallic nodules of the International Seabed Area : proceedings… p. ; ill., maps ; cm. ISBN: 976-610-647-9 (pbk) 1. Marine mineral resources 2. Oceanography 3. Ocean bottom I. Title 553.09162 - dc. 21 ISA/04/01 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Applications for such permission with a statement of purpose and extent of the reproduction should be addressed to the Secretary-General, International Seabed Authority, 14-20 Port Royal Street, Kingston, Jamaica. Copyright © International Seabed Authority, 2004 iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD 1 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 11 PART 1. SEAFLOOR MASSIVE SULPHIDES AND COBALT-RICH FERROMANGANESE CRUST DEPOSITS Chapter 1 Metallogenesis of Marine Mineral Deposits Dr. Peter Rona, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA Chapter 2* Seafloor Massive Sulphide Deposits and their Resource Potential Professor Peter Herzig, S. Petersen and Mark D. Hannington Chapter 3 Regional and Local Variability in the Spatial Distribution of Cobalt-Bearing Ferromanganese Crusts in the World’s Ocean V. M. Yubko Chapter 4 Hydrothermal Sulphide Mineralisation of the Atlantic – Results of Russian Investigations, 1985-2000 G. Cherkashev, A, Ahsadze and A.Glumov Chapter 5* Cobalt-rich Ferromanganese Crusts: Global Distribution, Composition, Origin and Research Activities James R. Hein *The papers contained in these chapters have been previously published under separate cover as Technical Study: No.2; ISBN # 976610467-0. The technical study does not contain the associated presentations or summaries of the discussions 67 69 109 162 175 188 iv
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- Page 6 and 7: Chapter 6* Impact of the Developmen
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- Page 10 and 11: The Authority designates one of two
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- Page 14 and 15: Prof. Chris German, Challenger Divi
- Page 16 and 17: Mr. Sven Petersen, Research Associa
- Page 18 and 19: SECRETARIAT Ambassador Satya N. Nan
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- Page 22 and 23: that was established to help protec
- Page 24 and 25: on the continental margin. He state
- Page 26 and 27: with the German firm Preussag. As p
- Page 28 and 29: metre or metres of these black smok
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- Page 32 and 33: Professor Herzig stressed however t
- Page 34 and 35: While noting that the continuity of
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- Page 40 and 41: esearch cruises dedicated to ferrom
- Page 42 and 43: global mid-ocean ridge system. He p
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- Page 46 and 47: were encouraging. In the course of
- Page 48 and 49: that this matter was sensitive, he
- Page 50 and 51: complete a preliminary evaluation o
- Page 52 and 53: metals - nickel, cobalt, manganese,
Published in Jamaica 2004 by the <strong>International</strong> <strong>Seabed</strong> <strong>Authority</strong><br />
© <strong>International</strong> <strong>Seabed</strong> <strong>Authority</strong> 2004<br />
National Library of Jamaica Cataloguing-in-Publication Data<br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Seabed</strong> <strong>Authority</strong> Workshop (3 rd : 2000 : Kingston)<br />
<strong>Minerals</strong> other than polymetallic nodules of the <strong>International</strong> <strong>Seabed</strong> Area<br />
: proceedings…<br />
p. ; ill., maps ; cm.<br />
ISBN: 976-610-647-9 (pbk)<br />
1. Marine mineral resources 2. Oceanography 3. Ocean bottom<br />
I. Title<br />
553.09162 - dc. 21<br />
ISA/04/01<br />
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,<br />
stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any<br />
means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the<br />
prior permission of the copyright owner. Applications for such<br />
permission with a statement of purpose and extent of the reproduction<br />
should be addressed to the Secretary-General, <strong>International</strong> <strong>Seabed</strong><br />
<strong>Authority</strong>, 14-20 Port Royal Street, Kingston, Jamaica.<br />
Copyright © <strong>International</strong> <strong>Seabed</strong> <strong>Authority</strong>, 2004<br />
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