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Mineral resources of the Indian Ocean and related scientific research

DRS at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography

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Title Mineral resources of the Indian Ocean and related scientific research
 
Creator Siddiquie, H.N.
Gujar, A.R.
Hashimi, N.H.
Valsangkar, A.B.
Nath, B.N.
 
Contributor UNESCO/IOC, Paris, France
 
Subject Aquatic Non-Resources
Mineral Resources
Terrigenous Sediments
Mineral Deposits
Placers
Heavy Minerals
Mineral Exploration
Biogenic Deposits
Offshore Operations
Research
ISW, Indian Ocean
 
Description The Indian Ocean (area: 74.917 x 106 km2, water volume: 291.945 x 106 km3, average depth: 3897 m) is the third largest of the world oceans. The lands bordering the ocean contain almost 40 percent of the world's population and contribute substantially to some of the essential mineral raw materials for the world economy; i.e. oil, tin iron and manganese ores, mica and chromite. The present paper reviews the surficial mineral resources of the Indian Ocean, excluding those in bedrock (oil, gas and sulphur etc.) and the metalliferous brine deposits of the Red Sea. The minerals for the review have been grouped as (1) terrigenous (2) biogenous and (3) chemogenous. The present review covers the Indian Ocean as defined by FAIRBRIDGE (1966), extending from the east of the African continent to the west of the Australian continent and from the Indian sub-continent to Antarctica
 
Date 2006-12-12T10:01:13Z
2017-09-29T13:48:25Z
2006-12-12T10:01:13Z
2017-09-29T13:48:25Z
1985
 
Type Technical Report
 
Identifier IOC Workshop Report No.37 (Suppl.); 1985; 123-152
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6340
 
Language en
 
Relation IOC Workshop Report No.37 (Suppl.)
IOC/Unesco Workshop on Regional Co-operation in Marine Science in the Central Indian Ocean and Adjacent Seas and Gulfs, Colombo, 8-13 July 1985
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