Seamount Characteristics and mine-site model applied to exploration- and mining-lease-block selection for cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 160-176

  Hein, James R ^a   Conrad, Tracey A ^a   Dunham, Rachel E ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferromanganese crusts; Lease block sizes; Mine site model; Permissive areas; Seamount characteristics

Indexed keywords

EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; EXPLORATION BLOCKS; FERROMANGANESE CRUSTS; GEOGRAPHIC AREAS; LEASE-BLOCK SIZES; MINE SITE; PERMISSIVE AREAS; SEAMOUNT CHARACTERISTICS; SUB-BLOCKS; SURFACE AREA; VOLCANIC EDIFICE; WATER DEPTH;

BUILDINGS; COBALT; IRON ORES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MANGANESE NODULES; MINES; MINING; VOLCANOES;

SITE SELECTION;

COBALT; FERROMANGANESE DEPOSIT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINING; MODEL; OCEANIC CRUST; ORE DEPOSIT; REGULATORY APPROACH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEAMOUNT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 70449392271     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641190902852485     Document Type: Article

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