SEAMOUNT MINERAL DEPOSITS A SOURCE OF RARE METALS FOR HIGH-TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES
SEAMOUNT MINERAL DEPOSITS A SOURCE OF RARE METALS FOR HIGH-TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES
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DOI：
10.5670/oceanog.2010.70
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发表时间：
2010-03-01
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2.8
通讯作者：
Staudigel, Hubert
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作者：
Hein, James R.;Conrad, Tracey A.;Staudigel, Hubert
地球人口和全球经济近乎指数级的增长，使我们地球有限的天然金属资源日益受到限制，因此，越来越需要新的资源来供应高科技产业。迄今为止，实际上我们所有的金属原料资源都是在陆地上生产的。除了近岸砂矿外，由于技术上的困难，海洋环境在很大程度上被排除在金属开采之外，尽管海洋覆盖了地球70%以上的面积。可以这样说，由于人类社会的关键和战略性金属需求，深海海底采矿在未来是不可避免的。在本文中，我们评估了海底山具有重大开采潜力的情况。
The near exponential growth in Earth's Population and the global economy puts increasing constraints on our planets finite Supply of natural metal resources, and, consequently, there is an increasing need for new sources to supply high-tech industries. To date, effectively all of our raw-metal resources are produced at land-based sites. Except for nearshore placer deposits, the marine environment has been largely excluded from metal mining due to technological difficulties, even though it covers more than 70% of the planet. The case can be made that deep-water seabed mining is inevitable in the future, owing to the critical and strategic metal needs for human society. In this paper, we evaluate the case that seamounts offer significant potential for mining.