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The Proceedings of
the Fourth (2001) ISOPE
OCEAN MINING SYMPOSIUM
Szczecin, Poland, September 23-27, 2001
Environment, Exploration and Survey,
Mining Systems and Technology, and Processing
A single volume: 202 pp. US$100
International Standard Book Number: ISBN 1-880653-56-7
Copyright © 2001 by International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers, Cupertino, California, USA. All Rights Reserved.
CONTENTS
| Foreword | ..... | iii |
| Acknowledgement | ..... | iv |
| Partial List of Reviewers | ..... | iv |
| Announcements and Publication Order Information | ..... | v |
| DEEP-OCEAN MINING: REVIEW | ||
| Mineral Resources of the World Oceans – their Importance for Global Economy in the 21st Century | ||
| Ryszard Kotlinski | ..... | 1 |
| Deep Seabed Mining Environment: Preliminary Engineering and Environmental Assessment | ||
| Jin S. Chung, Gerd Schriever, Raul Sharma and Tetsuo Yamazaki | ..... | 8 |
| Indian Polymetallic Nodule Programme | ||
| S.K. Das | ..... | 14 |
| EXPLPRATION AND SURVEY | ||
| Geological Controls of Marine Ferromanganese Deposits on Regional and Small-Scales: an Example in the Northwestern Pacific | ||
| Akira Usui, Maki Sekimoto and Kantaro Fujioka | ..... | 20 |
| Drilling Survey at the Suiyo Seamount in the Izu-Ogasawara Arc, Japan | ||
| Nobuyasu Nishikawa | ..... | 25 |
| ENVIRONMENT | ||
| Summary of the Japanese Environmental Study for Direct Impact Experiment on Seamount (DIETS) | ||
| T. Matsui, S. Okubo and E. Kuboki | ..... | 31 |
| Changes in Genus-Level Diversity of Meiobenthic Free-Living Nematodes (Nematoda) and Harpacticoids (Copepoda Harpacticoida) at an Abyssal Site Following Experimental Sediment Disturbance | ||
| Teresa Radziejewska, Valentina V.Galtsova, Idzi Drzycimski, Lena V. Kulangieva and Valcana Stoyanova | ..... | 38 |
| Preliminary Experiment on Powderization of Deep-Sea Sediment during Hydraulic Transportation | ||
| T. Yamazaki and R. Sharma | ..... | 44 |
| Evaluation of Physical Environmental Consequences of Deep-sea Mining | ||
| H.U. Oebius and G. Schriever | ..... | 50 |
| Comparison of geochemical and geotechnical sediment-baseline profiles of COMRA (CCFZ) and TUSCH (Peru Basin) Study areas within the scope of Mn-nodule mining | ||
| B. Grupe, M. Maggiulli, H.-Y. Zhou and J.-Y. Ni | ..... | 56 |
| IOM BIE Revisited: Meiobenthos at the IOM BIE Site 5 Years After the Experimental Disturbance | ||
| Teresa Radziejewska, Joanna Rokicka-Praxmajer and Valcana Stoyanova | ..... | 63 |
| DIETS: A New Benthic Impact Experiment on a Seamount | ||
| T. Yamazaki, E.Kuboki and T. Matsui | ..... | 69 |
| The Responses of Deep-Sea Benthic Organisms to Experimental Removal of the Surface Sediment | ||
| Y. Shirayama, T. Fukushima, T. Matsui and E.Kuboki | ..... | 77 |
| Environmental Management of Tailings from Deep-sea Mining through Soil Engineering | ||
| John Wiltshire, Kathleen Moore and Terry Lay | ..... | 82 |
| MINING TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEMS | ||
| Deep Ocean Mining Reconsidered a Study of the Manganese Nodule Deposits in Cook Islands | ..... | |
| Fredrik Sřreide, Trygve Lund and Jan Magne Markussen | 88 | |
| Developmental Tests on the Underwater Mining System Using Flexible Riser Concept | ..... |
| C.R. Deepak, M.A. Shajahan, M.A. Atmanand, K. Annamalai, R. Jeyamani, M. Ravindran, E. Schulte, R. Handschuh, J. Panthel, H. Grebe and W. Schwarz | 94 | |
| Innovative Deep Ocean Mining Concept Based on Flexible Riser and Self-Propelled Mining Machines | ||
| R. Handschuh, H. Grebe, J. Panthel, E. Schulte, B. Wenzlawski, W Schwarz, M.A. Atmanand, R. Jeyamani, M. Shajahan, R. Deepak and M. Ravindran | ..... | 99 |
| Instrumentation and Control System of a Sand Mining System for Shallow Water | ||
| E. Schulte, H. Grebe, R. Handschuh, J. Panthel, B. Wenzlawski, W. Schwarz, M.A. Atmanand, C.R. Deepak, R. Jeyamani, M.A. Shajahan and M. Ravindran | ..... | 108 |
| Experimental Study on Grouser Shape Effects on Trafficability of Extremely Soft Seabed | ||
| Sup Hong and Jong-Su Choi | ..... | 115 |
| An Experimental Study on the Flow Characteristics of Solid-Liquid Two-Phase Mixture in a Flexible Hose | ||
| Chi Ho Yoon, Kwang Soo Kwon, Seok Ki Kwon, Dong Kil Lee, Won Mo Sung, Yong Chan Park and Ou Kwang Kwon | ..... | 122 |
| Slip Velocity in Nodules Vertical Flow – Experimental Results | ||
| Jerzy Sobota, Stanislaw Boczarski, Leszek Petryka, Ryszard Kotlinski and Valcana Stoyanova | ..... | 127 |
| Effects of Particle Size and Concentration on Pressure Gradient in Two-Phase Vertically Upward Transport | ||
| Jin S. Chung, K. Lee, A. Tischler and G. Yarim | ..... | 132 |
| Hydraulic Losses Prognosis of Coarse Particles Flows in Vertical Pipes | ||
| E. Bournaski, I. Ivanov, J. Sobota and V. Berman | ..... | 139 |
| Deep-Ocean Water UTILIZATION | ||
| Recent Researches on Deep Ocean Water Applications in Japan | ||
| Koji Otsuka | ..... | 144 |
| Conceptual Design of a Deep Ocean Water Upwelling Structure for Development of Fisheries | ||
| S. Ogiwara, Y. Awashima, H. Miyabe and K. Ouchi | ..... | 150 |
| A Feasibility Study on the Energy Source for the Ocean Nutrient Enhancer | ||
| Kazuyuki Ouchi, Toshio Yamatogi and Sadayuki Jitsuhara | ..... | 158 |
| PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY | ||
| India’s Demonstration Metallurgical Plant to Treat Ocean Nodule | ||
| R.P.Das | ..... | 163 |
| Hydrometallurgical Processing of Manganese Deep-Sea Nodules: Dissolution and iron Recovery | ||
| Jitka Jandová, Hong Vu, Katerina Lisá, Tomáš Grygar and Jaroslav Bohácek | ..... | 167 |
| Optimization of Technologies for Processing of the Polymetallic Nodules | ||
| Frantisek Vranka | ..... | 172 |
| Hydrometallurgical Processing Technology of the Polymetallic Nodules from Interoceanmetal Mining Site | ||
| M. Pelegrín Rodríguez, A. Mosqueda Martínez and S. Ariza Borges | ..... | 177 |
| Solvent Extraction Process for Recovery of Nickel and Cobalt from Ocean Nodules Leach Liquor | ||
| S.K. Tangri, R. Sadanandam, M.F. Fonseca, and A.K. Suri | ..... | 182 |
| Acid Leaching with Sulfur Dioxide and Air of the Polymetallic Marine Nodules | ||
| A. Mosqueda Martínez, M. Pelegrín Rodríguez and S. Ariza Borges | ..... | 186 |
| ORAL PRESENTATIONS | ||
| The non-refereed papers for oral presentations only are not included in the proceedings. |