Deep-Sea Mining. Resource Potential, Technical and Environmental Considerations/Глубоководная добыча полезных ископаемых. Ресурсный потенциал, технические и экологические соображения

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Mankind’s quest for exploration has led him to traverse from the vast expanse of outer space down to the deepest parts of the oceans. One such discovery in the later part of the nineteenth century was that of minerals on the seafloor, which are now being looked upon as the alternative source of some of the strategic metals that are feared to get exhausted on land in the coming decades.

Contents
Part I Deep-Sea Minerals: Distribution Characteristics and Their Resource Potential
1 Deep-Sea Mining: Current Status and Future Considerations
Rahul Sharma
2 Composition, Formation, and Occurrence of Polymetallic Nodules
T. Kuhn, A. Wegorzewski, C. Ruhlemann, and A. Vink
3 Marine Co-Rich Ferromanganese Crust Deposits: Description and Formation, Occurrences and Distribution, Estimated World-wide Resources
Peter E. Halbach, Andreas Jahn, and Georgy Cherkashov
4 Seafloor Massive Sulfide Deposits: Distribution and Prospecting
Georgy Cherkashov
5 Submarine Phosphorites: The Deposits of the Chatham Rise, New Zealand, off Namibia and Baja California, Mexico-Origin, Exploration, Mining, and Environmental Issues
Hermann Kudrass, Ray Wood, and Robin Falconer
6 Predictive Mapping of the Nodule Abundance and Mineral Resource Estimation in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone Using Artificial Neural Networks and Classical Geostatistical Methods
Andreas Knobloch, Thomas Kuhn, Carsten Ruhlemann, Thomas Hertwig, Karl-Otto Zeissler, and Silke Noack
7 Statistical Properties of Distribution of Manganese Nodules in Indian and Pacific Oceans and Their Applications in Assessing Commonality Levels and in Exploration Planning
T.R.P. Singh and M. Sudhakar
8 Assessment of Distribution Characteristics of Polymetallic Nodules and Their Implications on Deep-Sea Mining
Rahul Sharma
Part II Deep-Sea Mining Technology: Concepts and Applications
9 Fundamental Geotechnical Considerations for Design of Deep-Sea Mining Systems
Tetsuo Yamazaki
10 Concepts of Deep-Sea Mining Technologies
M.A. Atmanand and G.A. Ramadass
11 An Application of Ocean Mining Technology: Deep Ocean Water Utilization
Koji Otsuka and Kazuyuki Ouchi
Part III Metallurgical Processing and Their Sustainable Development
12 Metallurgical Processing of Polymetallic Ocean Nodules
R.P. Das and S. Anand
13 Sustainable Processing of Deep-Sea Polymetallic Nodules
P.K. Sen
14 Sustainable Development and Its Application to Mine Tailings of Deep Sea Minerals
John C. Wiltshire
Part IV Environmental Concerns of Impact of Deep-Sea Mining
15 Recent Developments in Environmental Impact Assessment with Regard to Mining of Deep-Sea Mineral Resources
Y. Shirayama, H. Itoh, and T. Fukushima
16 Taxonomic Problems in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Linked to Ocean Mining and Possibility of New Technology Developments
Tomohiko Fukushima and Miyuki Nishijima
17 Development of Environmental Management Plan for Deep-Sea Mining
Rahul Sharma
18 The Crafting of Seabed Mining Ecosystem-Based Management
Yves Henocque
Index