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Deep Marine Mineral Resources

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Editors:
  1. Yves Fouquet

    1. Centre de Bretagne - GM, Ifremer, Plouzané, France

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  2. Denis Lacroix

    1. Ifremer Sète, Sète cedex, France

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  • Will be useful for decision makers in drawing up strategies, defining research and development programmes
  • Enhancing and developing commercial utilizations for high-potential resources

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Study Summary

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Study Summary

      • Yves Fouquet, Denis Lacroix
      Pages 3-37

  3. Thematic Contributions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
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    2. Deep-sea Environment

      • Joëlle Galéron
      Pages 41-54

    3. Rare and Strategic Metals

      • Yves Fouquet, Bruno Martel-Jantin
      Pages 55-64

    4. Characteristics and Formation Process

      • Yves Fouquet
      Pages 65-86

    5. Scientific Knowledge and Challenges Related to Hydrogen

      • Jean-Luc Charlou, Jean-Pierre Donval, Fabrice Brunet, Manuel Munoz, Olivier Vidal
      Pages 87-94

    6. International Law and Its Evolution

      • Élie Jarmache
      Pages 95-101

    7. Training Organisations and Establishments in France and Europe

      • Alain Cheilletz, Marcia Maia
      Pages 103-113

    8. Access to Raw Materials

      • Antoine Valéry
      Pages 115-120

    9. Conclusion

      • Yves Fouquet, Denis Lacroix
      Pages 121-122

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 123-150
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About this book

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 of various forms of ores. France possesses large areas of deep seafloor in the three oceans as well as world-class human and technological resources and know-how, resulting from over 40 years of experience. This study takes stock of knowledge about mineralisations and associated metals, technologies for exploring and exploiting them, biodiversity and the potential impact of exploitation on the deep environment and the partnerships which are vital for France and Europe. This information will be useful for decision-makers in drawing up strategies, defining research and development programmes and in enhancing and developing commercial utilizations for these high-potential resources.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre de Bretagne - GM, Ifremer, Plouzané, France

    Yves Fouquet

  • Ifremer Sète, Sète cedex, France

    Denis Lacroix

About the editors

Yves Fouquet, holding a PhD in metallogeny and an accreditation to direct research (HDR), joined Ifremer in 1982, where he is currently head of the Geochemistry and Metallogeny laboratory. He is one of the specialists in hydrothermal systems on ocean ridges. In 2010, he was awarded the Grande médaille Prince Albert 1er de Monaco.

Denis Lacroix is an engineer by training with a PhD in animal science and has been a researcher at Ifremer for the past thirty years. He has worked in the field of aquaculture and in international relations, both in overseas France and the Mediterranean. Since 2006, he has led the foresight unit at Ifremer and was coordinator of the study on Marine renewable energy sources, published in 2009 by Editions Quæ.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Deep Marine Mineral Resources

  • Editors: Yves Fouquet, Denis Lacroix

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8563-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Éditions Quæ 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8562-4Published: 04 March 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0297-1Published: 17 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-8563-1Published: 17 February 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 150

  • Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour

  • Additional Information: Original French edition published by Éditions Quæ, Versailles, 2012. Jointly published with Éditions Quæ, Versailles, France

  • Topics: Life Sciences, general, Hydrogeology, Oceanography

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