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Minerals Report - International Seabed Authority

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with the term “resource” used elsewhere in this report, these are neither<br />

proved nor indicated, and their future exploitation is subject to exploration,<br />

discovery and prevailing economic conditions.<br />

Reference to the global sediment thickness model (compiled by<br />

NGDC, based on work by: Mathhias et al., 1988; Ludwig and Houtz, 1979;<br />

Hayes and LaBrecque, 1991; Divins and Rabinowitz, 1991; Divins, D.L., and<br />

Eakins, in prep; and gridded on a 1° basis) shows that the continental margins<br />

contain the greatest thickness of sediment, of up to 20 km (Figure 5), and<br />

hence have the greatest potential for hydrocarbon reservoirs (Figure 23).<br />

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