Deep-sea mining : resource potential, technical and environmental considerations /: resource potential, technical and environmental considerations. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rahul Sharma.
• Editors: Sharma, Rahul
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 622.295; Earth sciences; Ocean mining; Mineral resources; Oceanography; Materials; Environmental chemistry; Marine Sciences; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mining; Ocean mining; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Oceanography; Technology & Engineering -- Material Science; Science -- Environmental Science; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Marine Biology; Science -- Earth Sciences -- General; Oceanography (seas); Metals technology / metallurgy; Pollution & threats to the environment; Limnology (freshwater); Economic geology; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Mineralogy; Mineralogy & gems; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319525570; 3319525573
• Related ISBNs: 9783319525563; 3319525565
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 05, 2017).
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