Deep-sea mining of seafloor massive sulfides

Porter Hoagland,Stace E. Beaulieu,Maurice A. Tivey,Roderick G. Eggert,Christopher R. German,Lyle Glowka,Jian Lin

Deep-sea mining of seafloor massive sulfides

2010

Porter Hoagland
Stace E. Beaulieu
Maurice A. Tivey
Roderick G. Eggert
Christopher R. German
Lyle Glowka
Jian Lin

The potential emergence of an ocean mining industry to exploit seafloor massive sulfides could present opportunities for oceanographic science to facilitate seafloor mineral development in ways that lessen environmental harms.

Keywords:

Volcanogenic massive sulfide ore deposit
Preprint
Deep sea
Law of the sea
Environmental impact assessment
Mining engineering
Seafloor spreading
Deep sea mining
Oceanography
Geology
mining industry
Exploit

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