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The Proceedings of
the Third (1999) ISOPE
OCEAN MINING SYMPOSIUM
Goa, India,
November 8-19, 1999
Environment, Exploration and Survey,
Mining Systems and Technology, and Processing
A single volume: 298 pp.
International Standard Book Number: ISBN 1-880653-45-1
Copyright � 1999 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 - General and Review | ||
| Indian Polymetallic Nodule Program | ||
| A.E. Muthunayagam and S.K. Das | ..... | 1 |
| Opportunities for Offshore Minerals Exploration in Indian Ocean | ||
| E. Desa | ..... | 6 |
| Deep-Ocean Mining issues and Ocean Mining Working Group (OMWG) | ||
| Jin S. Chung | ..... | 14 |
| MINING TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEMS | ||
| Non-Linear Dynamic Response of Ocean Mining Pipe | ||
| P.R. Babu and Suhail Ahmad | ..... | 21 |
| Effects of Internal Flow on Dynamics of Deep Seawater Risers | ||
| Koji Otsuka, Akiyoshi Bando and Yoshiho Ikeda | ..... | 30 |
| A Proposal of the Deep Ocean Water Upwelling Machine Using Density Current | ||
| Kazuyuki Ouchi and Hiroyuki Nakahara | ..... | 36 |
| An Experimental Study on the Flow Characteristics of Solid-Liquid Two Phase Mixture in a Vertical Tube | ||
| Chi Ho Yoon, In Kee Kim, Kwang Soo Kwon, Seok Ki Kwon, Jung Seock Kang, Ou Kwang Kwon and Chi Won Seo | ..... | 43 |
| Deepsea Core Boring by BMS in Northern Mariana Area | ||
| Shigeru Sarata and Katsutoki Matsumoto | ..... | 49 |
| Tracing Collector Passes and Preliminary Analysis of Collector Operation | ||
| Tetsuo Yamazaki, E. Kuboki and H. Yoshida | ..... | 55 |
| Track-Keeping Control of Seafloor Miner by Successive Learning of Unknown Velocity and Soil Properties | ||
| Jin S. Chung | ..... | 63 |
| Experimental Study on Hydraulic Performance of Hybrid Pickup Device of Manganese Nodule Collector | ||
| Sup Hong, Jong-Su Choi, Jin-Ha Kim and Chan-Kyu Yang | ..... | 69 |
| Underwater Sand Mining System for Shallow Waters | ||
| C.R. Deepak, M. Pugazhaandi, S. Paul, M.A. Shajahan, G. Janakiraman, M.A. Atmanand, K. Annamalai, R. Jeyamani, M. Ravindran, E. Schulte, J. Panthel, H. Grebe and W. Schwarz | ..... | 78 |
| EXPLORATION AND SURVEY | ||
| The First Phase of the IOM Survey Program According to Plan of Work for Exploration in the Area | ||
| R. Kotlinski and V. Stoyanova | ..... | 87 |
| Mode of Occurrence of Iron-Manganese Crusts on Inactive Seamounts in the Northwestern Pacific Back-Arc Setting | ||
| Akira Usui, Osamu Ishizuka and Makoto Yuasa | ..... | 91 |
| Multibeam Echosounder Pseudo Sidescan Images as a Tool for Manganese Nodule Exploration | ||
| V.N. Kodagali and B. Chakraborty | ..... | 97 |
| The Implementation Agreement and Indian Interests | ||
| B. Vijay Kumar | ..... | 105 |
| ENVIRONMENT | ||
| Summary of the Japanese Environmental Study for Deep-sea Mining | ||
| Satoru Okubo | ..... | 111 |
| Indian Deepsea Environment Experiment (INDEX): Achievements and Applications | ||
| Rahul Sharma | ..... | 118 |
| Vertical Distribution of Meiobenthos in Relation to Geotechnical Properties of Deep-Sea Sediment in the IOM Pioneer Area (Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, NE Pacific) | ||
| Teresa Radziejewska and Igor Modlitba | ..... | 126 |
| Sedimentological Impacts of INDEX Experiment | ||
| A.B. Valsangkar, N.V. Ambre and Maria Rodrigues | ..... | 131 |
| Effect of Benthic Disturbance on Geotechnical Characteristics of Sediments from Nodule Mining Area in the Central Indian Basin | ||
| N.H. Khadge | ..... | 138 |
| Baseline Studies and Evaluation of Effects of Surface Discharge of Deepsea Mining -INDEX Area | ||
| S.N. de Souza and S.D. Sardessai | ..... | 145 |
| Environmental Impact of Suspended Tailings Discharge During Mining Nodules | ||
| Jianxin Xia and Ning Yang | ..... | 152 |
| Large-Scale Impact of Manganese Nodule Mining in the Pacific Numerical Simulations of the Dispersion of Tailings | ||
| S. Rolinski | ..... | 156 |
| Environmental Study on the Deepsea Mining of Manganese Nodules in the Northeastern Tropical Pacific: Modeling the Sediment-Laden Negative Buoyant Flow | ||
| T. Doi, K. Nakata, M. Kubota and S. Aoki | ..... | 163 |
| Intercomparison Between Aanderaa and Potok Current Meters Deployed During INDEX Programme | ||
| A.A. Fernandes, S. Pednekar and P. Vethamony | ..... | 169 |
| Holothurians as Indicators for Recolonisation Processes in Environmental Assessments | ||
| Hartmut Bluhm | ..... | 177 |
| Biological Results of JET Project: An Overview | ||
| Yoshihisa Shirayama | ..... | 185 |
| Immediate Response of Meio and Macrobenthos to Disturbance Caused by Benthic Disturber | ||
| B.S. Ingole, Z.A. Ansari, S.G.P. Matondkar and N. Rodrigues | ..... | 191 |
| Validation of EIA Sampling Methods—Bacterial and Biochemical Analyses | ||
| Sheelu G., P.A. Loka Bharati, Shanta Nair, C. Raghukumar and C. Mohandass | ..... | 198 |
| Surface Meteorological Conditions at Benthic Disturbance Site - INDEX Area During Austral Winter 1997 | ||
| A. Suryanarayana, V.S.N. Murty, V. Ramesh Babu and B.S. Beena | ..... | 203 |
| Watermass Structure at Benthic Disturbance Site (INDEX Area) and Anticipated Mining Effects On Hydrophysical Properties | ||
| V. Ramesh Babu, V.S.N. Murty, A. Suryanarayana and B.S. Beena | ..... | 208 |
| Current Structure and Kinetic Energy of The Abyssal Waters in the Central Indian Basin | ||
| V.S.N. Murty, V. Ramesh Babu, A. Suryanarayana and B.S. Beena | ..... | 216 |
| PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY | ||
| The Smelting-Rusting-Solvent Extracting Process to Recover Valuable Metals from Polymetallic Nodules | ||
| Zhong Xiang, He Zequan, Shen Yujun, Mao Yongjun, Qu Shuguang and Li Xianbai | ..... | 227 |
| An Evaluation of Mineral Processing Experimental Data for Cobalt-Rich Crust Development | ||
| Se Hun Park, Sohei Shimada and Yasuhiko Okano | ..... | 232 |
| Processing of Polymetallic Sea Nodules : An Overview | ||
| Premchand and R.K. Jana | ..... | 237 |
| Manganese Recovery from Leach Liquors / Residues Generated during Hydrometallurgical Processing of Manganese Nodules | ||
| K. Sanjay, T. Subbaiah, S. Anand and R.P. Das | ..... | 246 |
| Design of Flexible Configuration Nodule Processing Pilot Plants In The Context Of Evolving Metal Markets | ||
| P.K. Sen and T.R.P. Singh | ..... | 253 |
| Studies on Removal of Impurities from Ocean Nodules Leach Liquor by Solvent Extraction | ||
| K. Bhattacharya, M.F. Fonseca, R. Sadanandam, S.K. Tangri and A.K. Suri | ..... | 260 |
| Simultaneous Spectrophotometric Estimation of Iron, Copper, Cobalt and Nickel in Ocean Nodule Leach Liquor | ||
| M.V. Rane, K. Srikant, N.K. Menon, R. Sadanandam, S.K. Tangri and A.K. Suri | ..... | 265 |
| Recovery of Nickel and Cobalt Values from Various Sources | ||
| I.G. Sharma, A. C. Bidaye, P.R. Menon, P.P.Shukla and A.K. Suri | ..... | 268 |
| VERBAL PRESENTATIONS | ||
| Mining System with Free Swimming Pick-Up Device and Dose Test of Environment Assessment | ||
| Ning Yang |