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    Brothers Volcano, Southern Kermadec Arc, New Zealand: Contrasting Vent Sites And Evidence For A Magmatic Fluid Component

    By Cornel E. J. de Ronde

    Brothers volcano (34°51.7?S, 179°03.6?E) is a large caldera volcano that forms part of the active Kermadec arc south of 32° S, NE of New Zealand. It is an elongate edifice striking NW-SE that is ~11-

    Jan 1, 2004

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    Seabed Classification at Seafloor Hydrothermal Sulfides Fields Using Multi-beam Sonar

    By Tao Chunhui

    The seabed deposits type and distribution are very complex at the hydrothermal field. In this paper, we provided an approach to study the seabed deposits classification at the Precious Stone Mountain

    Sep 14, 2011

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    Investigations Of Seafloor Hydrothermal Mineralisation In Volcanic Arcs, Back Arcs And Continental Shelf Settings In SW Pacific And SE Asia

    By Timothy F. McConachy

    Between April 2000 and April 2002, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Division of Exploration and Mining has led 6 research expeditions totalling 160 days ship ti

    Jan 1, 2002

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    Offshore Aggregate And Placer Drill For CCOP/SOPAC

    By J. R. Woolsey

    In late 1988, the Committee for Coordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in South Pacific Offshore Areas (CCOP/SOPAC), Suva, Fiji, consulted the Continental Shelf Division of the Marine

    Jan 1, 1989

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    Adaptation of Environmental Monitoring Methods from the Oil and Gas Sector for Seabed Mining

    By Karsten Hagenah, Tor Jensen, Jens Laugesen, Øyvind Fjukmoen, Lucy Brooks

    "The methods and technologies to be used for environmental monitoring of seabed mining activities are a key issue. Due to the large water depths, there are special challenges with respect to the monit

    Jan 1, 2017

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    Trends In Deep Seabed Mining Technology: An Examination Of The International Patent Record

    By Anthony T. Jones

    Deep seabed mining requires technology to collect materials and transport them to the surface. An international patent search was conducted to define the state of the art in seabed mining technology.

    Jan 1, 2001

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    New Approaches To Mineral Exploration Off The Southwest Pacific Island Nations

    By D. S. Cronan

    Mineral exploration problems in the S.W. Pacific are not unique to that region, but a combination of favourable circumstances render it an ideal area to attempt to solve such problems. The land are

    Jan 1, 1985

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    EEZ Road Maps For The Future

    By Dallas L. Peck

    The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently completed phase 1 of a mapping effort that makes the United States the first nation to systematically acquire image maps of its underwater lands. In 1984, th

    Jan 1, 1992

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    Particle Geochemistry at Hydrothermal Vents and Implications for Mining Seafloor Massive Sulfides

    By Amy Gartman

    "Seafloor hydrothermal systems result in the emission of abundant particles and nanoparticles into seawater1. Many of the elements in these particles settle locally, although some are transported dist

    Jan 1, 2017

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    Developing An Environmental Effects Monitoring Protocol For Small-Scale Marine Placer Mining: A Reconnaissance Survey Of Pine Cove, Bale Vertex Newfoundland

    By Ian B. Clark

    In October-November 1993, the Centre for Cold Ocean Resources Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland and University of Victoria jointly carried out reconnaissance surveys at Pine Cove, Baie

    Jan 1, 1994

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    Cold Ocean Placers: Polar Storms, Interstadial Littorals And Crustal Adjustments

    By Michael W. Milner

    Cold Ocean Placers: Polar storms, interstadial littorals and crustal adjustments. Polar storms with consistent strong winds in the Southern, Antarctic Ocean are responsible for placer deposits on

    Jan 1, 1995

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    The Dacite-Hosted Pacmanus Hydrothermal Field, Eastern Manus Basin: Analog For Ancient Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Ore Environments

    Massive sulfides discovered in 1991 and further explored in 1993 in the eastern Manus back-arc basin, north of Papua New Guinea, represent one of the few modem seafloor occurrences known to he associa

    Jan 1, 1993

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    Navigating Marine Management Regimes under the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone Act 2012

    By Siobhan Quayle

    Managing sediment plumes under multiple jurisdictions Management of activities in the New Zealand EEZ can be characterized as a distributed basis of decision-making with each independent and separate

    Jan 1, 2018

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    Deep-Sea Mining: Intersections with Other Activities

    By Det Juridiske Fakultet, Maria Madalena das Neves

    The ocean is increasingly seen as the answer for a myriad of challenges facing humankind. In effect, in addition to being vital for transportation and communication, the oceans contain living and non-

    Jan 1, 2018

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    Barite-Gold And Associated Ferruginous Deposits At Franklin Seamount, Woodlark Basin: A Potential Exploration Target In Ancient Volcanic Sequences

    In the western Woodlark Basin, propagation of seafloor spreading is occurring directly into the continental crust of Papua new Guinea. The spreading is not strictly in a back-arc tectonic setting, rat

    Jan 1, 1993

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    High Resolution Seafloor Imaging in the Southern Indian Ocean: Insights to Economic Mineral Distribution and Seafloor Ecology from Data Acquired in the Search for MH370

    By Paul Kennedy, Daniel R. McConnell, Ruth Price

    "The underwater search for the passenger aircraft MH 370 produced rare high resolution datasets of the ocean floor of extraordinary size and detail. The survey design and operations were for sole purp

    Jan 1, 2017

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    Tellurium-Bearing Minerals in Sulfide Chimneys from Ultramafic-Hosted Semyenov-2 Hydrothermal Field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge

    By Georgy Cherkashov, Tamara Stepanova, Anna Firstova

    INTRODUCTION High tellurium contents in the ancient volcanogenic massive sulfides (VMS) and modern seafloor massive sulfides (SMS) have been reported by V.Maslennikov (Maslennikov et al., 2013). Howev

    Jan 1, 2018

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    Comparison Of Heavy Minerals, Sediments, And Gold In A Glacio-Marine Placer Deposit Offshore Nome, Alaska

    By Robert R. Tarver

    A long history of gold production at Nome, Alaska has resulted in long term interest in the nearshore environment as a production target. Mining by Western Gold Exploration and Mining Company offshore

    Jan 1, 1991

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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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    Evaluating Grade and Tonnage Estimates of Seafloor Massive Sulfide Deposits

    By J. W. Jamieson

    "The future of the marine mining industry is tied to the resource potential of the seafloor. Everything from economic feasibility, policy decisions and environmental impact assessments to extraction t

    Jan 1, 2017