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Exploration Contracts

Exploration Contracts is a legal instrument established under the International Seabed Authority that grants a state or corporate entity exclusive rights to conduct mineral exploration activities in a designated deep-seabed area, distinguishing it from exploitation or exploitation-oriented agreements by its focus on resource assessment and environmental data collection.

19

Publications

1.3K

Citations

88

Authors

44

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

9

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Publications

19

An Overview of Seabed Mining Including the Current State of Development, Environmental Impacts, and Knowledge Gaps

Kathryn A. Miller, K. F. Thompson, Paul Johnston et al. · Frontiers in Marine Science · 2018 · 580 citations · Full text

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Assessment of scientific gaps related to the effective environmental management of deep-seabed mining

Diva J. Amon, Sabine Gollner, Telmo Morato et al. · Marine Policy · 2022 · 190 citations · Full text

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The Community Structure of Deep-Sea Macrofauna Associated with Polymetallic Nodules in the Eastern Part of the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone

Bart De Smet, Ellen Pape, Torben Riehl et al. · Frontiers in Marine Science · 2017 · 90 citations · Full text

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Strategic Environmental Goals and Objectives: Setting the basis for environmental regulation of deep seabed mining

Verena Tunnicliffe, Anna Meta×as, Jennifer Le et al. · Marine Policy · 2018 · 65 citations · Full text

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Mining the seabed, enclosing the Area: ocean grabbing, proprietary knowledge and the geopolitics of the extractive frontier beyond national jurisdiction

Anna Zalik · International Social Science Journal · 2018 · 60 citations

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Authors

88

  1. AM
    Anna Meta×as

    Dalhousie University, Canada

    2 publications · 255 citations

    2

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  2. SC
    Sabine Christiansen

    Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ, Germany

    2 publications · 207 citations

    2

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  3. AJ
    Aline Jaeckel

    Macquarie University, Australia

    2 publications · 64 citations

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  4. JC
    Jeffrey C. Drazen

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States

    2 publications · 238 citations

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  5. JA
    Jørgen A. Bojesen‐Koefoed

    Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Denmark

    2 publications · 38 citations

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1–5 of 88

Institutions

44

  1. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    2 h-index

    17 publications

    389 citations

  2. Dalhousie University

    Halifax, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    255 citations

  3. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    320 citations

  4. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    320 citations

  5. Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ

    Potsdam, Germany

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    414 citations

  6. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    Honolulu, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    476 citations

  7. Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

    Yokosuka, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    190 citations

  8. Seascape Consultants (United Kingdom)

    Romsey, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    190 citations

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Venues

  1. Marine Policy

    3 publications · 303 citations

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  2. Frontiers in Marine Science

    3 publications · 687 citations

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  3. Oil & gas journal/Oil and gas journal

    2 publications · 32 citations

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  4. Australian Journal of Maritime & Ocean Affairs

    AJMOA · 1 publications · 12 citations

    1

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  5. International Social Science Journal

    ISSJ · 1 publications · 60 citations

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