03791nam a22004575i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001300153072001700166072002300183072001600206100007800222245010100300250001800401264006900419300006400488336002600552337002600578338003600604347002400640505078900664520145401453650001802907650002802925650003002953650001602983650002002999650002703019650005703046650001603103710003403119773002603153776003603179776003603215776003603251856004603287978-3-031-52342-7DE-He21320251030112029.0cr nn 008mamaa240506s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830315234277 a10.1007/978-3-031-52342-72doi 4aGC1-1581 7aRBKC2bicssc 7aSCI0520002bisacsh 7aRBKC2thema1 aCronan, David S.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut10aDeep-Sea Minerals Developments in the 20th Centuryh[electronic resource] /cby David S. Cronan.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aXIX, 144 p. 30 illus., 7 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 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.  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. 0aOceanography. 0aHuman ecologyxHistory. 0aGeotechnical engineering. 0aMineralogy.14aOcean Sciences.24aEnvironmental History.24aGeotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences.24aMineralogy.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303152341008iPrinted edition:z978303152343408iPrinted edition:z978303152344140uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52342-7