Deep Marine Mineral Resources

The risks of shortages for some crucial metals and uncertainty about the land-based reserves of several others justify the search to diversify our sources of supply and investigate their potential.  Mineral resources in the deep sea are attracting increasing interest with the progressive discovery o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Fouquet, Yves (Editor ), Lacroix, Denis (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Temas:
Life sciences.
Geology.
Oceanography.
Life Sciences.
Ocean Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE Study Summary
  • Challenges
  • Framework
  • Methodology
  • Cross-cutting challenges by metal type
  • Environmental challenges
  • Scenarios and related challenges
  • Legal aspects
  • Technological innovation challenges
  • Results and recommendations
  • PART TWO Thematic Contributions
  • 1. Deep-sea environment
  • 2. Rare and strategic metals
  • 3. Characteristics and formation process
  • 4. Scientific knowledge and challenges related to hydrogen
  • 5. International law and its evolution
  • 6. Training organisations and establishments in France and Europe
  • 7. Access to raw materials - A historical. legal and geopolitical vision
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • APPENDICES
  • Appendix 1 - Acronyms
  • Appendix 2 - Study methodology
  • Appendix - 3 Steering Committee
  • Appendix - 4 Working Group
  • Appendix - 5 Experts consulted
  • Appendix - 6 Advantages and constraints of the main deep-sea minerals
  • List of authors.

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