PROGRAM

Technical Session I Presentations
Technical Session II Presentations
Poster Session

1 September 2004 (Wednesday)

WELCOMING RECEPTION AND REGISTRATION

Rectors Mansion
170 Queensgate
6:00 PM

2 September 2004 (Thursday)

TECHNICAL SESSION I

Lecture Theatre 1.47
Royal School of Mines
9:00 AM

Welcome

Call to Order
Charles L. Morgan, UMI Chair

Host Overview
David S. Cronan, UMI Co-chair
Royal School of Mines

TECHNICAL SESSION I PRESENTATIONS

Morning Session

Likely Direction in Deep Ocean Mining to 2010
David Heydon
Nautilus Minerals Limited, New South Wales, Australia

Ultramafic/Mafic-hosted Massive Sulfides and Host Rocks from the Logatchev Hydrothermal Field on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Thomas Kuhn
Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany

New Inactive Hydrothermal Site on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Georgy A. Cherkashov
Institute for Geology and Minerals Resources of the Ocean
VNIIOkeangeologia, St. Petersburg, Russia

Ultramafic-hosted Hydrothermal Mineralization on Slow Spreading Ridges
Yves Fouquet
IFREMER, Plouzane, France

Epithermal Ore Formation in the Eastern Flores Sea
Peter E. Halbach
Free University, Berlin, Germany

Vent Sites and Magmatic Fluid Component, Southern Kermadec Arc
Cornel E.J. de Ronde
Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Geomicrobiology: A New Field Linking Microorganisms, Minerals and Rocks in Hydrothermal Systems
Alexander Malahoff
University of Hawai'i, USA

Iron and Manganese Oxide Deposits in the NW Pacific Ocean and Baltic Sea
Akira Usui
Kochi University, Japan

Afternoon Session

Ferromanganese Crusts, Offshore Central California
James R. Hein
U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California

Geotechnical Properties of Deep-sea Sediments in the Pacific Manganese Nodule Belt and the In-situ Measurements
Tetsuo Yamazaki
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Ibaraki, Japan

Intertropical Convergence Zone During Late Cenozoic in the Pacific Manganese Nodule Belt
Kiseong Hyeong
Deep-sea Resources Research Center
Korean Ocean Research & Development Institute (KORDI), Korea

Deep-sea Sediments of the KODOS Manganese Nodule Area
Cheong-Kee Park
Deep-sea Resources Research Center
Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute (KORDI), Korea

Seabed Coring Systems for Coastal to Ocean Depths
David J. Smith
British Geological Survey, Loanhead, UK

A Remotely Operated System for Investigations of Marine Mineral Deposits
Fredrik Soreide
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

OPEN EVENING

3 September 2004 (Friday)

TECHNICAL SESSION II

Lecture Theatre 1.47
Royal School of Mines
9:00 AM

TECHNICAL SESSION II PRESENTATIONS

Morning Session

Mapping of U.S. Continental Margin Sedimentary Environments
S. Jeffress Williams
U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, Massachusetts USA

Minerals in Russsian Pacific Marginal Seas
Pavel Mikhailik
Far East Geological Institute, FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia

Placer Minerals on Russian Continental Shelves
Georgy A. Cherkashov
Institute for Geology and Minerals Resources of the Ocean
VNIIOkeangeologia, St. Petersburg, Russia

Diamond Mega-placers of Southern Africa
B.J. Bluck
University of Glasgow, Scotland

Lessons from Marine Diamond Mining
Richard H.T. Garnett
Valrik Enterprises Inc., Ontario, Canada

The International Legal Regime of Marine Minerals Exploration and Mining
Guillaume P. Blanc
MASONS, London, UK

Afternoon Session

Demand and Supply of Marine Aggregates in NW Europe
Graham Singleton
RMC Marine Ltd., UK

Sediment Sources, Pathways and Sinks in the North Sea and English Channel
Brian D'Olier
D'Olier Associates, UK

Geological Considerations in Marine Sand and Gravel Dredging
Andrew Bellamy
United Marine Dredging, Ltd., Chichester, UK

Recent Developments in Aggregates and Shelf Minerals Research at CEFAS
Siân Boyd
The Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
Burnham Laboratory, Essex, UK

Assessment of Anthropogenic Disturbance at Aggregate Extraction Sites
D.S. Limpenny
The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Burnham Laboratory, UK

Impacts of Overboard Screening on Benthic Biological Community Structure in Relation to Marine Aggregates
Jamie E. Robinson
Marine Ecological Surveys, Cornwall, UK

Resource Management and Environmental Impacts of Sand and Gravel Dredging
Ian Selby
Hanson Aggregates Marine, Ltd., UK

POSTER SESSION

Geochemical Trends in KODOS Ferromanganese Nodules
Se Won Chang
Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources (KIGAM), Taejon, Korea

Relationships Between Ocean Depth and Cobalt Crust Composition at Magellan Seamounts
Pavel Mikhailik
Far East Geological Institute, FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia

Commercial and Technical Realities of Deep Ocean Mining
Jon Machin
Perry Slingsby Systems, Inc., Jupiter, Florida, USA

Impact Estimation of Methane Hydrate Utilization on Atmospheric Carbon Emissions by Using Mass Balance
Tetsuo Yamazaki
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Ibaraki, Japan

The Future of Marine Aggregates
S. van der Byl
Quarry Products Association, UK

3 September 2004 (Friday)

BANQUET

Rectors Mansion (Council Room)
170 Queensgate
6:00 PM