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dc.contributor.authorNath, B.N.
dc.contributor.authorIngole, B.S.
dc.contributor.authorJayakumar, S.
dc.contributor.authorSharma, R.
dc.date.accessioned2008-07-02T05:06:17Z
dc.date.available2008-07-02T05:06:17Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.identifier.citationNational Workshop and Seminar on Sustainable Development of Coastal Placer Minerals (PLACER - 2004), eds Loveson, V.J.; Misra, D.D. 259-269p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1149
dc.description.abstractThe world demand for mineral raw material is expected to increase more than threefold with the increase in population and the industrilization. Though, India's mineral resources generally appear to be sufficient to meet the projected demand through the beginning of century, resources of some metals may be insufficient on land. Therefore further discoveries and investments are needed elsewhere to meet the rising demands. In a quest to search for new areas, man has viewed the ocean as a last frontier for raw materials. The waters of the oceans and the seabed that underlies contain vast quantities of minerals and metals. Though seawater is known to contain all the known elements in dissolved form, all the elements are not suitable for exploitation in commercial quantities. However, sand, gravel, shells and phosphorites, tin and other metals have been profitably recovered from the seabed for many centuries. Seabed is known to contain four kinds of marine minerals, viz., terrigenous, biogenous, chemogenous and hydrothermal. Among them, coastal and offshore placers are typically terrigenous in nature. Placers such as ilmenite, magnetite, monazite, zircon and rutile are the major minerals in this group, and they are reported from many beaches along the coasts of Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Orissa.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAllied, India
dc.rightsCopyright [2004]. It is tried to respect the rights of the copyright holders to the best of the knowledge. If it is brought to our notice that the rights are violated then the item would be withdrawn.
dc.subjectecosystems
dc.subjectcoasts
dc.subjectplacer mining
dc.subjectenvironmental effects
dc.subjecthydrodynamics
dc.subjecthabitat
dc.subjectliving resources
dc.subjectmining legislation
dc.subjectenvironmental legislation
dc.titleCoastal ecosystem and environmental aspects of placer mining
dc.typeConference Article


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