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dc.contributor.authorBertram, Christineen
dc.contributor.authorKrätschell, Annaen
dc.contributor.authorO'Brien, Killianen
dc.contributor.authorBrückmann, Warneren
dc.contributor.authorProelss, Alexanderen
dc.date.accessioned2011-03-22-
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-24T12:48:13Z-
dc.date.available2011-06-24T12:48:13Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/45862-
dc.description.abstractTo date, mineral resources are only mined on land but projected increases in demand have brought the exploration and exploitation of marine mineral resources back into focus. The Atlantis II Deep, located in the central Red Sea between Saudi Arabia and Sudan, is one of the largest marine sulfide deposits known, with high concentrations of metals such as zinc, copper, silver and gold. However, little is known about the economic potential of marine minerals as well as the legal constraints. Our geological assessment shows that the deep is similar in grades and scale to large land-based deposits. Its economic potential is far from negligible. The present value of possible gross revenues ranges from 3.11 to 8.21 billion US-$, depending on the minerals considered. From a legal perspective, a general duty to cooperate in the exploration and exploitation of non-living resources located in disputed maritime areas is identified in both customary international law and in the UNCLOS. It is submitted that a joint development agreement is one means of ensuring compliance with this duty in general and in the case of the Atlantis II Deep in particular.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aKiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) |cKielen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aKiel Working Paper |x1688en
dc.subject.jelQ30en
dc.subject.jelQ34en
dc.subject.jelQ38en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordAtlantis II Deepen
dc.subject.keyworddeep-sea miningen
dc.subject.keywordjoint development schemeen
dc.subject.keywordmetalliferous sedimentsen
dc.subject.keywordresource potentialen
dc.subject.keywordSaudi-Sudanese Red Sea Commissionen
dc.subject.stwMeeresbergbauen
dc.subject.stwMetallen
dc.subject.stwMineralische Ressourcenen
dc.subject.stwRotes Meer (Region)en
dc.titleMetalliferous sediments in the Atlantis II Deep: Assessing the geological and economic resource potential and legal constraints-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn65458687Xen
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:ifwkwp:1688en

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