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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254020003321

Titolo

Deep-Sea Mining : Resource Potential, Technical and Environmental Considerations  / / edited by Rahul Sharma

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-52557-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 535 p. 270 illus., 175 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

333.85

Soggetti

Mineral resources

Oceanography

Metals

Environmental chemistry

Marine sciences

Freshwater

Geotechnical engineering

Mineral Resources

Metallic Materials

Environmental Chemistry

Marine & Freshwater Sciences

Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1 Deep-sea minerals – distribution characteristics and their resource potential -- Deep-sea mining: current status and future considerations -- Composition, formation, and occurrence of polymetallic nodules -- Marine Co-rich Ferromanganese Crust Deposits: Description and Formation, Occurrences and Distribution, Estimated World-wide Resources -- Seafloor Massive Sulfide deposits: distribution and prospecting -- Submarine phosphorites: the deposits of the Chatham Rise, New Zealand, off Namibia and Baja California, Mexico : origin, exploration, mining and environmental issues -- Predictive mapping of the nodule abundance and mineral resource



estimation in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone using artificial neural networks and classical geostatistical methods -- Statistical Properties of Distribution of Manganese Nodules in Indian and Pacific Oceans and Their Applications in Assessing Commonality Levels and in Exploration Planning -- Assessment of distribution characteristics of polymetallic nodules and their implications on deep-sea mining -- Part 2 Deep-sea mining technology – concepts and applications -- Fundamental geotechnical considerations for design of deep-sea mining systems -- Concepts of deep-sea mining technologies -- An Application of Ocean Mining Technology - Deep Ocean Water Utilization -- Part 3 Metallurgical processing and their sustainable development -- Metallurgical Processing of Polymetallic Ocean Nodules -- Sustainable processing of deep-sea polymetallic nodules -- Sustainable Development and its Application to Mine Tailings of Deep Sea Minerals -- Part 4 Environmental concerns of impact of deep-sea mining -- Recent Developments in Environmental Impact Assessment with regard to Mining of Deep-Sea Mineral Resources -- Taxonomic Problems in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) linked to Ocean Mining and Possibility of New Technology Developments -- Part 5 Management strategy -- Development of environmental management plan for deep-sea mining -- The crafting of seabed mining ecosystem-based management.

Sommario/riassunto

This comprehensive book contains contributions from specialists who provide a complete status update along with outstanding issues encompassing different topics related to deep-sea mining. Interest in exploration and exploitation of deep-sea minerals is seeing a revival due to diminishing grades and increasing costs of processing of terrestrial minerals as well as availability of several strategic metals in seabed mineral resources; it therefore becomes imperative to take stock of various issues related to deep-sea mining.  The authors are experienced scientists and engineers from around the globe developing advanced technologies for mining and metallurgical extraction as well as performing deep sea exploration for several decades. They invite readers to learn about the resource potential of different deep-sea minerals, design considerations and development of mining systems, and the potential environmental impacts of mining in international waters.