LEADER 04043nam 22006015 450 001 9910855389303321 005 20240506125354.0 010 $a3-031-52342-3 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-52342-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31323688 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31323688 035 $a(CKB)31987985300041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-52342-7 035 $a(EXLCZ)9931987985300041 100 $a20240506d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDeep-Sea Minerals Developments in the 20th Century /$fby David S. Cronan 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Springer,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (151 pages) 311 $a3-031-52341-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPart 1 -- Introduction. Chapter 1: The post-war deep-sea minerals scene -- Chapter 2: Activities on Manganese Nodules during the post war boom -- Chapter 3: Cobalt-rich crusts -- Chapter 4: Hydrothermal Deposits -- Chapter 5: Phosphorites -- Chapter 6: Initial Exploration and Mining Development techniques. Part 2 -- Introduction. Chapter 7: Polymetallic Sulphides and related deposits -- Chapter 8. Expanding Cobalt-rich Crusts activities in the Pacific Ocean -- Chapter 9: Late 20th century manganese nodules activities -- Chapter 10: Technical Developments in support of deep-sea minerals exploration and mining -- Chapter 11: Environment -- Chapter 12: Economic and related developments in regard to deep sea minerals and mining towards the close of the 20th century -- Epilogue. 330 $aThe book is an historical monograph on deep-sea mineral-related activities and attitudes towards deep-sea mining in the 20th Century which makes comparisons with the current situation in regard to those activities and attitudes. It reviews developments in the study of, and prospects and plans for mining deep-sea manganese nodules, cobalt-rich crusts, hydrothermal deposits, and phosphorites, and discusses associated environmental, technological, and economic issues. It is based on several sources. First, the author?s experience gleaned from around 50 years of attending conferences on the subject (the most important of which was the annual Underwater Mining Institutes held from 1970 onwards at which much of the material in the book was first exposed), second, discussions with and advice from the author's colleagues on the subject, all attributed, and third, the published literature. The target audiences are marine mining companies and their associates, marine environmentalists, UN and Government administrators responsible for seabed activities, undergraduate students of marine affairs and history, and interested lay persons. Unique features include the widespread sources used including unpublished conference proceedings and reports, personal insights gleaned from more than 50 years of working in the field, the author?s publications dating from 1967-2022, and attributed personal communications from the author?s colleagues. 606 $aOceanography 606 $aHuman ecology$xHistory 606 $aGeotechnical engineering 606 $aMineralogy 606 $aOcean Sciences 606 $aEnvironmental History 606 $aGeotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences 606 $aMineralogy 615 0$aOceanography. 615 0$aHuman ecology$xHistory. 615 0$aGeotechnical engineering. 615 0$aMineralogy. 615 14$aOcean Sciences. 615 24$aEnvironmental History. 615 24$aGeotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences. 615 24$aMineralogy. 676 $a553.09162 700 $aCronan$b David S.$01738143 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910855389303321 996 $aDeep-Sea Minerals Developments in the 20th Century$94160141 997 $aUNINA