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Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities addresses these and other issues. This chapter describes and evaluates this new treaty. The Minerals Convention was adopted on June 2, 1988, after 6 years of negotiations. It applies to the same area as the Antarctic Treaty, or all land, ice
Metallic and nonmetallic mineral occurrences are abundant in Antarctica. The most significant known deposits are of iron, copper, and coal. In the Precambrian shield of East Antarctica, for example, iron is present as banded iron-formation and as magnetite in veins, pods, and schist. The largest deposits of iron are in the Prince Charles Mountains, where bodies of banded iron …
Book contents. Frontmatter; Contents; List of contributors; 1 Antarctic resources policy: an introduction; Part one The state of Antarctic knowledge and experience; Part two The policy for the conservation of the living resources of Antarctica; Part three The policy for the exploration and exploitation of the mineral resources of Antarctica; 11 Geologic data and its …
The subject I have been asked to discuss is commercial prospects for Antarctic minerals and a succinct summary of what follows could well be 'virtually nil'. Another contributor, Arthur Watts, has made the point, which I repeat, that minerals occur in widely scattered outcrops in Antarctica.
Introduction. Public interest in Antarctica is probably greater now than for many years, and seems likely to grow. Much of this interest is due, directly or indirectly, to the intergovernmental negotiations in which participating states are seeking to reach agreement upon a regime to govern the possible future search for and development of Antarctic minerals – …
mineral resources of Antarctica would be classi-fied as speculative at this time. While the classification of mineral resources will change with time, most experts would agree that …
Antarctica: The Next Decade - October 1987. Reading this extravagent assertion about the search [sic] for hydrocarbons in Antarctica, one immediately asks how this accords with the facts.Even assuming that there are hydrocarbon or other mineral resources, could they be exploited economically and in an environmentally acceptable way?
data related to issues of mineral resources in Antarctica. At the First International Symposium on Antarctic Geology, held in Cape Town in 1963, no papers were presented on economic minerals in Antarctica, although in one paper, by Mueller (in Antarctic Geology, edited by R. J. Adie, pp. 393-394, North-Holland, Amsterdam, ...
No Antarctic mineral resource activities shall be conducted except in accordance with this Convention and measures in effect pursuant to it and, in the case of exploration or development, with a Management Scheme approved pursuant to Article 48 or 54. Article 4
Following the introduction, this publication contains the following papers: (1) Are there petroleum resources in Antarctica. by John C. Behrendt; (2) Mineral occurrences of Antarctica by Peter D. Rowley, Paul L. Williams, and Douglas E. Pride; and (3) Dufek intrusion of Antarctica and a survey of minor metals and possible resources by Arthur B. Ford.
Antarctic Resources Policy - September 1983. The increment in information. Careful geological investigations started at a few places in Antarctica after World War II, but gained momentum and became systematic only when the International Geophysical Year started, and when SCAR and its Working Group on Geology were established just 25 years ago.
No known petroleum or mineral resources occur in Antarctica. The data on these subjects have been collected, mainly since the IGY (International Geophysical Year), 1957-58, as a part of other research carried out by geologists and geophysicists from a number of countries. Specific resource-related studies have not been made. Wright and Williams (1974) summarized what …
Figure 2:2 Mineral Resources in Antarctica .....10 Figure 2:3 Political Obstacles necessary to overcome for peaceful exploitation.....14 . GCAS 2003 Syndicate Report: Antarctic Resources vi List of Abbreviations ATCPs Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties ATS Antarctic Treaty System ...
Mineral resources. The geology of Antarctica is known sufficiently well to allow rather certain prediction of the existence of a variety of mineral deposits, some probably large.
The Environmental Protocol bans all mineral resource activities in Antarctica (other than scientific research). The control of possible mining was first raised within the Antarctic Treaty System by the UK and New Zealand in 1970 as they had been approached by minerals companies about possible commercial geophysical exploration in the Southern Ocean.
The history is told essentially in narrative form. Chapter 2 introduces the minerals problem, starting with the early interest in Antarctic minerals precipitated by the discovery of flecks of gold during the Shackleton and Mawson expeditions. It discusses how the imagined prospect of valuable resources amplified existing friction over the Antarctic territorial claims and how the …
No known petroleum or mineral resources occur in Antarctica. The data on these subjects have been collected, mainly since the IGY (International Geophysical Year), 1957-58, as a part of …
Political Position on Mineral Exploitation in Antarctica. The mineral issue arose in the 1975 Consultative Party meeting in Wellington, New Zealand, and was the first time non living resources had been discussed. ... a convention to regulate any future mineral resource activity. ...
The commercial exploitation of resources in Antarctica is not new. Sealing followed by whaling began in the nineteenth century and today, the Southern Ocean provides rich fishing grounds for fishers from many nations (Chap. 21).Even scientific research, which the 1959 Antarctic Treaty protects and prioritises above all other activities, may on occasion have commercial application.
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Book contents. Frontmatter; Contents; List of contributors; 1 Antarctic resources policy: an introduction; Part one The state of Antarctic knowledge and experience; Part two The policy for the conservation of the living resources of Antarctica; Part three The policy for the exploration and exploitation of the mineral resources of Antarctica; 11 Geologic data and its impact on the …
No other continent on the Earth is devoid of substantial mineral resources (Wright & Williams, 1974) and for this reason it must be assumed that there are mineral resources in Antarctica. Roughly one per cent of Antarctica is exposed rock (Crockett & Clarkson, 1986) and these are the only areas considered viable for mineral prospecting or mining.
CRAMRA's preamble recognizes "that Antarctic mineral resource activities could adversely affect the Antarctic environment or dependent and associated ecosystems." 20 Indeed the concept was sufficiently important that the ATCPs included the protection, and enhancement, of dependent and associated ecosystems as fundamental a consideration as ...
Antarctic Mineral Resources Antarctica has been only superficially explored, but it is almost certain that the continent contains mineral resources similar to those of South America, Africa, and Australia-which, together with Antarctica, once formed the super continent called Gondwana. A vari- ety of mineral occurrences has been found in Antarc ...
Antarctica is predicted to have large and valuable mineral deposits. Drilling technology needs to be improved as to occupational and environment safety. We suggest to …
Metallic and nonmetallic mineral occurrences are abundant in Antarctica. The most significant known deposits are of iron, copper, and coal. In the Precambrian shield of East Antarctica, for …
This volume of the Antarctic Research Series results from an attempt to assemble a summary of current factual knowledge and scientific data related to issues of mineral resources in Antarctica.
Antarctica, the world's southernmost continent, is almost wholly covered by an ice sheet and is about 5.5 million square miles (14.2 million square km) in size. It is divided into East Antarctica (largely composed of a high ice-covered plateau) and West Antarctica (an archipelago of ice-covered mountainous islands).
The third of the resource conventions negotiated by the Antarctic Treaty consultative parties was the Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities. The minerals issue brought into the open tensions among the consultative parties which had...
Related Information: Full paper part of USGS-CIRC-909, Petroleum and mineral resources of Antarctica Country of Publication: United States Language: English. Similar Records. High-precision 10 Be chronology of moraines in the Southern Alps indicates synchronous cooling in Antarctica and New Zealand 42,000 years ago.
