Resources of the Sea Floor

Rona reviews recent advances in knowledge of sea-floor resources. Knowledge is expanding from those minerals eroded from land--metals, gemstones, sand, and gravel--to those minerals concentrated by plate tectonic processes in ocean basins. Exploration of the oceans is at an early stage and developme...

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Published inScience (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 299; no. 5607; pp. 673 - 674
Main Author Rona, Peter A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington American Association for the Advancement of Science 31.01.2003
The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Subjects
Environmental impact
Geology
Marine
Marine ecosystems
Marine mineral resources
Mineral deposits
Mineral resources
Mineral resources in submerged lands
Mining
Nodules
Ocean basins
Ocean floor
Oceans
Perspectives
Plate tectonics
Sand
Scientific Concepts
Sea water
Seas
Sulfides
Water
United States
World Oceans
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Summary:Rona reviews recent advances in knowledge of sea-floor resources. Knowledge is expanding from those minerals eroded from land--metals, gemstones, sand, and gravel--to those minerals concentrated by plate tectonic processes in ocean basins. Exploration of the oceans is at an early stage and development of marine mining is subject to economic and environmental considerations.
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ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.1080679