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,
CHAPTER 4
A Mineral Storehonse
Diamonds, gravel, platinum and tin are dredged«np from the sea oor
in …shallow coastal areas; natural gas, oil and molten snlphnr are piped
upfromthe underlying roc/es ; hromine, common salt and magnesinm are
extracted from sea—water itself; and still the state of marine minerast
is hardly touched hy man. Every year riversowihgom the land add
close to 3,300 million tons of material all ofwhich eventually cames—to
settle on the ocean oor. In addition nearlyfonrmillion tons of meteor—itic
and other material rain down from onter space. Minerals. are :heing
deposited in the Oceans faster thanman can hope to Collect than;
providing a—re‘newahle resource
which will las—t heÿond the foreseêahle
future. In— tct, the ocearz$_ form
global chemical
_
plant in ; which ,
praÏcticallg”1 every conceivahle chemical is being. proces—sed and nally
stored.
_
.
.
‘
…
,
'
UNFO
the grandeur of the global mineral resources
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,is matched by
they present -'to
ocean—«oor; Red
,
days —
and
,‘for
million years
but the
miles—places them Well beÿond;æhé
;dredgiug
’
!
_
Or consider the valüàble,mineràls«dîSsolv‘ed—in
_
The p‘rqspect of collecüng gold «tdi‘ssolved ;
in { seat—Water
'
Gemians iri 1924 to disPàtCh the: Metèoi;to sùjrvey
marine
,
bullion. They hoped to pay off their
“but—,the
scÏientists fqu'ndthat the cost—oeïtracüng the,«æStiœaæd ::[pgz1liŒl
…
Ÿ—î
'
_ÎODS‘OÎ
more than the metaP—s worth.» It is
-
sometimes .tri1üons,,"
tons of Valuablémîerals
…seque‘s£eÿèd i5theînarine World b”îùt the,=expenseofcollectlngand
,
pf0cessîng{fhem “rareIy falls
a levelwheretheeffortmworthwhe
'
’
,
…
,
«
,
CHAPTER 4
A Mineral Storehonse
Diamonds, gravel, platinum and tin are dredged«np from the sea oor
in …shallow coastal areas; natural gas, oil and molten snlphnr are piped
upfromthe underlying roc/es ; hromine, common salt and magnesinm are
extracted from sea—water itself; and still the state of marine minerast
is hardly touched hy man. Every year riversowihgom the land add
close to 3,300 million tons of material all ofwhich eventually cames—to
settle on the ocean oor. In addition nearlyfonrmillion tons of meteor—itic
and other material rain down from onter space. Minerals. are :heing
deposited in the Oceans faster thanman can hope to Collect than;
providing a—re‘newahle resource
which will las—t heÿond the foreseêahle
future. In— tct, the ocearz$_ form
global chemical
_
plant in ; which ,
praÏcticallg”1 every conceivahle chemical is being. proces—sed and nally
stored.
_
.
.
‘
…
,
'
UNFO
the grandeur of the global mineral resources
îÏ
,is matched by
they present -'to
ocean—«oor; Red
,
days —
and
,‘for
million years
but the
miles—places them Well beÿond;æhé
;dredgiug
’
!
_
Or consider the valüàble,mineràls«dîSsolv‘ed—in
_
The p‘rqspect of collecüng gold «tdi‘ssolved ;
in { seat—Water
'
Gemians iri 1924 to disPàtCh the: Metèoi;to sùjrvey
marine
,
bullion. They hoped to pay off their
“but—,the
scÏientists fqu'ndthat the cost—oeïtracüng the,«æStiœaæd ::[pgz1liŒl
…
Ÿ—î
'
_ÎODS‘OÎ
more than the metaP—s worth.» It is
-
sometimes .tri1üons,,"
tons of Valuablémîerals
…seque‘s£eÿèd i5theînarine World b”îùt the,=expenseofcollectlngand
,
pf0cessîng{fhem “rareIy falls
a levelwheretheeffortmworthwhe
'
’
,
…
,
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