Deep Sea Minerals, Inc.
James Cairns, Chief Executive Officer
Deep Sea Minerals, Inc., Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Universal Tool and Technology for Seabed Borehole Mining
Grigori Abramov, President
Borehole Mining International, Inc., Littleton, Colorado, USA
Underwater Jet Pump Transfer Systems
Gary S. Thorvaldsen1 and Anthony W. Wakefield2
1 Genflo, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
2 AW Wakefield, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
A Fluidization System Equipped with Central Type Jet Pump for Dredging Channels
Iman Ahmed El-Sawaf, Associate Professor
Suez Canal University, Port-Said, Egypt
A New Sand Delineation Tool for Deposits at 100m
Michael J. Cruickshank, President
MMTC Associates, Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA
Adopting the Australian Minerals Industry "Code for Environmental Management" in Marine Mining
Julian Malnic, Chief Executive Officer
Nautilus Minerals Corporation, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
Boundaries of Impact of Marine Aggregate Mining in Shelf Waters
Richard C. Newell1, Managing Director; Lindsay J. Seiderer1, Research Director; and David R. Hitchcock2, Managing Director
1 Marine Ecological Surveys Limited, Cornwall, United Kingdom
2 Coastline Surveys Limited, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Some Environmental Issues in Marine Mining, with Possible Resolutions
Derek V. Ellis, Professor Emeritus
University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
TECHNICAL SESSION I-B
Growth History and Environment of Ferromanganese Crusts in the Marginal Seamounts, Northwestern Pacific: Moana Wave Cruise 9507
Akira Usui1 and Kenichi Harada2
1 Geological Survey of Japan, Ibaraki, Japan
2 Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan
Tellurium-rich Ferromanganese Crusts
James R. Hein, Senior Research Geologist
U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California, USA
Occurrence of Ferromanganese Crust in the Lemkein Seamount of the Republic of the Marshall Islands: Preliminary Results
Jai-Woon Moon, Cheong-Kee Park, Sung-Hyun Park, and Ki-Hyune Kim
Deepsea Resources Research Center
Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute, Ansan, Seoul, Korea
Environmental Influences on Manganese Nodule Composition in the Western Central Pacific
Philomene Verlaan1, Postgraduate Researcher; David S. Cronan1, and Charles L. Morgan2
1 Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, United Kingdom
2 Morgan and Associates, Inc., Honolulu, Hawai'i USA
A New Phosphate Anomaly in the South Mexican Pacific
Arturo Carranza Edwards, Titular Researcher
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
MINI PRESENTATIONS
Update on the United Nations International Seabed Authority Deliberations
Charles L. Morgan, Consultant
Morgan and Associates, Inc., Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA
Applications of a Maritime Boundary Database to Ocean Mining Planning
Hal D. Palmer, President
MRJ Technology Solutions, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
TECHNICAL SESSION II-B
Hawaiian Mineral Deposits and Extremophiles on Loihi Submarine Volcano: A New Resource
Alexander Malahoff, Director
Hawai'i Undersea Research Laboratory and Marine Bioproducts Engineering Center
University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA
First Search for Hydrothermal Deposits in Indonesia
Raymond A. Binns, Chief Research Scientist
CSIRO Exploration and Mining, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
Detailed Magnetic and Morphological Investigations of the East Manus Basin and Planet Deep Section of the New Britain Trench, Papua New Guinea
Sang-Mook Lee1, Kyeong-Yong Lee1, Raymond Binns2, and John Waters2
1 Deepsea Resources Research Center
Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute, Ansan, Seoul, Korea
2 Exploration and Mining, CSIRO, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
The Modern Massive Sulfide Deposits in the North Fiji Basin (NFB): Results from the SO 134 Cruise in August/September 1998
Peter Halbach, Professor Doctor; E. Rahders; and Margret Halbach
Freie UniversitŠt Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Submarine Hydrothermal Mineralisation Off the Lesser Antiles
David S. Cronan, Professor
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Mineraology and Paragenesis of Sulfide Chimneys on the Southern East Pacific Rise Between 7 and 21 S
Ganpat S. Roonwal1, Professor; Vesnia Marchig2; and Mohd R. Sheyestehfar1
1 University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
2 Bundesanstalt fur Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, Hannover, Germany
TECHNICAL SESSION II-C
Chemical and Geological Study of Mexican North Pacific Littoral Sediments
Leticia Rosales Hoz, Titular Researcher
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Integrating GIS with Image Database and Its Role in the Development of Marine Minerals
Lu Jun
Chinese Academy of Geological Deposits, Beijing, China
Placer Deposits of Kerala Offshore, India: Present Assessment and Future Mining Deposits
S. Rajendran
Cochin University of Science & Technology, Cochin, Kerala, India
MINI PRESENTATIONS
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