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    The Sonne Ore-Field -- The First Massive Sulfides From The Indian Ocean Floor

    By Peter E. Halbach

    The Central Indian Ridge (CIR), the boundary between the African and Indian plates, forms a SSE trending mid-oceanic accretionary system in the equatorial Indian Ocean (Fig. 1), extending to the north

    Jan 1, 1994

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    The Mesoscale Distribution Of Zooplankton Community In The Northeastern Pacific

    By Jung-Hoon Kang

    Present study was stemmed from the survey associated with deep-sea mining in the KODOS area between Clarion Fracture Zone and Clipperton Fracture Zone located in the North Pacific Ocean. The study

    Jan 1, 2003

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    A Remotely Operated Seafloor Coring System

    By Richard Petters

    Williamson and Associates, Inc of Seattle, Washington has recently built a remotely operated seafloor coring system for Nichiyu Giken Kogyo Ltd and the Metal Mining Agency of Japan (MMAJ). The system

    Jan 1, 1996

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    Seafloor Features In Urals Massive Sulfide

    By V. Zaykov

    The Urals massive sulfide deposits are concentrated in Silurian -Devonian fold belt extending for 1500 km with length from 50 to 150 km. By paleodynamic reconstmction it is established that they were

    Jan 1, 1993

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    Metalliferous Sediments in the Red Sea Deeps: From Resource to Reserve

    By M. C. I. Modenesi, J. E. Smith, M. Salvá-Ramírez, G. M. Castro, J. C. Santamarina

    Annual metal consumption per capita has increased several orders of magnitude worldwide since the turn of the 19th century, yet grades of terrestrial ores are decreasing as reserves dwindle. Consequen

    Jan 1, 2018

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    Hydrothermal Fields In Oceanic Fracture Zone Settings: An Example From The Blanco F.Z., Northeast Pacific

    By James R. Hein

    Low- to intermediate-temperature, diffuse-flow hydrothermal fields and associated mineral precipitates have been found at many locations along oceanic spreading centers, back-arc basin spreading axes,

    Jan 1, 2001

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    Seafloor Hydrothermal Mineralization: New Discovery

    By Peter A. Rona

    The Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the central North Atlantic and the Gorda Ridge within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone off northern California and southern Oregon are yielding new discoveries of seafloor hy

    Jan 1, 1992

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    Mineralization Processes At Ocean Ridges

    By Johnson R. Cann

    Ocean floor sulfide deposits are now known from many parts of the world mid-ocean ridge system and from some seamounts. Clearly they can be expected to occur commonly on the ocean floor. However, only

    Jan 1, 1988

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    Current Status Of Korean Deep Seabed Mining In Korea

    By Jung-Keuk Kang

    Recently, the Korean government prepared a strategy for deep seabed mining, which consists of three stages for 20 years until 2010. The first step of the program is focused to conduct deep seabed expl

    Jan 1, 1992

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    Paleo-Latitude Of The Intertropical Convergence Zone During Late Cenozoic In The Pacific Manganese Nodule Belt

    By Kiseong Hyeong

    The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), where the southeast and northeast trade winds converge, is the effective climatological barrier that separates the southern and northern hemispheres in terms

    Jan 1, 2004

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    Ferromanganese Crusts from the Afanasiy-Nikitin Seamounts in the Eastern Equatorial Indian Ocean: A Review

    By V. K. Banakar, R. P. Rajani, A. R. Chodankar

    The Afanasiy-Nikitin Seamounts (ANS) in Eastern Equatorial Indian Ocean (Figure 1) are shown to be the exposed part of the presently buried 85°E Ridge system under the Bengal Fan sediment and were e

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    GLORIA Survey Of The Gulf Of Mexico

    By Bonnie A. McGregor

    The U. S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (IOS), U.K., conducted a sidescan sonar survey of the U. S. Exclusive Economic Zone in the Gulf of Mexico from A

    Jan 1, 1986

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    Massive Sulfide Deposits, Southern Juan De Fuca Ridge

    By Willam R. Normark

    During a series of dives with the submersible ALVIN in 1984, samples of massive sulfide were recovered from four vent sites. All sites occur within a linear, steep-walled cleft about 50 m wide and as

    Jan 1, 1985

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    Organization Of The International Marine Mineral Society

    By William D. Siapno

    The International Marine Minerals Society has now come of age! Previously known as the International Marine Mining Society, it was an informal group without officers, by-laws or official status. Despi

    Jan 1, 1986

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    Identification Of A Small Man-Made Marine Placer

    By Caleen E. Kilby

    A program of surveying and studying the surficial sediments of northern Juan de Fuca Strait was undertaken between 1988 and 199 1. Detrital sediments were mapped from the intertidal zone down to 100 m

    Jan 1, 1994

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    Geology Of The Neves-Corvo High Grade CU-SN Orebodies, South Portugal

    By Fernando JAS Barriga

    The world-class Neves-Corvo deposits were intersected by drilling in 1977. They occur in the (Carboniferous) Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB), Western Europe's largest stock of base metals (see Bamga, 1

    Jan 1, 1993

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    Hydrothermal Sulfide Deposits In Lakes

    By Sophia Katsouri

    Hydrothermal circulation that produces sulfide deposits in the marine environment can also produce sulfide deposits in lakes. The major differences in terms of process are (1) in lakes the hydrotherma

    Jan 1, 2001

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    Occurrences Of Ferromanganese Crusts In The Lemkein Seamount Of RMI: Preliminary Results

    By Jai-Woon Moon

    Lemkein seamount located in the west of the Kuwajleen Atoll of RMI is a relatively samll, simple-shaped, peaked type seamount with its base at 4,500 m and summit at 1,452 m water depths. Ferromanga

    Jan 1, 2000

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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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    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