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dc.contributor.authorLøve Ellefmo, Steinar
dc.contributor.authorSøreide, Fredrik
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-19 10:18:46
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T09:26:58Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T09:26:58Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier1006420
dc.identifierOCN: 1135845458en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/23724
dc.description.abstract"Copper, zinc, gold and silver mineralizations exist on the deep ocean floor, at great depths, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between Jan Mayen and Spitsbergen. None of these mineralizations within Norwegian jurisdiction have been thoroughly investigated yet, but they are likely to contain significant amounts of minerals and metals crucial to society and the ‘Green Shift’. Should these mineralizations, which contain minerals and metals that you and I use every day, be developed and mined? The question is premature: we need to know more before we can answer it. We need to know more about the formation, location and characteristics of these potential deposits, as well as the environmental, social and financial consequences of potential extraction. We need to evaluate mining alternatives and how to process the extracted ore. How should we answer this question? The ultimate decisions will be determined politically, and knowledge will be the defining factor. Knowledge gained from proper mineral resource management. Quantifying the Unknown sets out to estimate the amount of minerals and metals on the deep ocean floor along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, in particular, copper, zinc, gold and silver contained in so-called ‘seafloor massive sulphide deposits’. These deposits are modern analogues of those mined worldwide on land today. The method used to quantify the amounts of these resources is known as ‘play analysis’. It shares aspects of methodologies used on land for similar purposes and has been employed extensively to assess untapped petroleum resources on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Play analysis enables a quantification of the potential as well as associated uncertainty. The potential is large, but the uncertainty is also significant. Whether and how this potential is realized remains to be seen."
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issuesen_US
dc.subject.otherMid-Atlantic ridge
dc.subject.othermining
dc.subject.otherminerals
dc.subject.othermetals
dc.subject.otherestimates
dc.subject.otherquantifying
dc.titleQuantifying the Unknown
dc.title.alternativeMarine Mineral Resource Potential on the Norwegian Extended Continental Shelf
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.23865/noasp.81
oapen.relation.isPublishedBybf7b42a4-6892-42e3-aaf8-8f32c8470a8b
oapen.relation.isbn9788202662608
oapen.pages138
oapen.place.publicationOslo
oapen.identifier.ocn1135845458


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