Title :
Marine Minerals Research-recent results from the Centers for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology (CMRET)
Author :
Amato, Roger V. ; Woolsey, J. Robert ; Cruickshank, Michael J. ; Trent, Robert H.
Author_Institution :
Miner. Manage. Service, Herndon, VA, USA
Abstract :
The Marine Minerals Research Centers Program was established by an act of the US Congress in 1996. The act authorized CMRET´s at the universities of Mississippi, Hawaii, and Alaska. The Mississippi center specializes in the Gulf of Mexico and other continental shelf regions of the United States; the Hawaii center focuses on the deep seabed and the nearshore environs of tropical islands; and the Alaska center concentrates on the Arctic Sea region. The CMRET program is managed by the Minerals Management Service, US Department of the Interior
Keywords :
geology; geophysical techniques; natural resources; oceanic crust; oceanographic techniques; seafloor phenomena; sediments; Alaska; Arctic Ocean; CMRET; Centers for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology; Gulf of Mexico; Hawaii; Marine Minerals Research; Minerals Management Service; Mississippi; US Department of the Interior; USA; United States; deep seabed; mineral deposit; mineral resource; natural resource; nearshore; oceanic crust; seafloor geology; Gas detectors; Minerals; Remotely operated vehicles; Sea floor; Sediments; Sensor systems; Sonar equipment; System testing; Tellurium; Underwater vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS 2000 MTS/IEEE Conference and Exhibition
Conference_Location :
Providence, RI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6551-8
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.2000.882170
