Abstract
Active placer mines and known deposits provide the stratigraphic clues and paleoenvironmental indictors useful to offshore exploration programs. Existing marine mapping, surveying, and sampling tools are judged capable of providing most of the kinds of information needed to find prospective targets for detailed exploration near coastlines. Beyond the nearshore area, and the relatively facile extension of terrestrial knowledge, exploration problems loom large. The problem becomes less the tools or how to apply them, but rather where to apply them. A few new techniques in the fields of bathymetric mapping, positioning systems, analytical methods, and exploration models hold promise for improving the accuracy and speed of exploration.
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Duane, D.B. (1987). Marine Placers: Reconnaissance Exploration Technology. In: Teleki, P.G., Dobson, M.R., Moore, J.R., von Stackelberg, U. (eds) Marine Minerals. NATO ASI Series, vol 194. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3803-8_7
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