flnancial inadequacies, VII-98 



geological survey, VI 1-9 8-99 



individual commodities, VIl-95, 128-163 



metals, from submarine hot waters, VII-IO? 



submerged placer deposits 

 description, Vll-101-102 

 formation, Vll-1 01-1 03 

 locations, VII-103 



technological inadequacies, VlI-98 



U.S. Continental Shelves and Slopes, VII-100 

 Red Sea, hot brines, 1-32 

 Senator PeU's proposed treaty, Vin-98-103 

 State's claim, VIII-92-93 

 sulfur, 1-32 

 supply 



demand, ¥11-96-98 



diversity, VII-95 



individual commodities, VH-128-163 



National concern, VII-95 



new discoveries, VII-95 



nonreproducible, VII-95 



production techniques, VII-95 



reclamation, VTI-95 

 technology 



expense in mapping, VII-91 



lack of knowledge, VIM 23-1 24 



mining impact, VII-112-113 



production of hard minerals, VII-109 

 United Nations, VIII-94-98 

 Mineral resources, assessment of international legal- 

 political framework 

 attainment of objectives 



boundary specifications, VIII-22 



continental margins, Vin-21 



economic and technological factors, VIII-22 



exclusive access, VIII-22 



exclusive jurisdiction, VIII-21 



industry, VIII-21 



law-making, Vin-22 



limitation of National claims, VIII-22 



National Petroleum CouncU, VIII-21 



natural resources, VIII-21 



objectives of Marine Resources and Engineering 

 Development Act, VIII-22 



technological advance, VIII-22 

 status quo, uncertainties 



adjacency criterion 



Continental Shelf, definition, VIII-18 

 distinction between shelf and slope, VIII-18 

 equidistance principles, VIII-17 

 geological Continental Shelf, VIII-18 

 jurisdiction of coastal states, VIII-1 8 

 limited extension of sovereign rights, VIII-17 

 National Petroleum Council, VIII-18 

 "normal" coast lines, VIII-18 

 opposing positions, VIII-17 

 200-meter criterion, VIII-1 9 



areas beyond shelves 



"freedom of the seas," VIII-20 

 international law, VIII-20 



res Communis, VII1-20-2I 

 resNullius, VlII-20-21 



Convention on the Continental Shelf, VIII-15 



exploitabihty criterion 



boundary definition, VIII-16 



boundary variations, Vin-16 



natural resources, VIII-16 



rights, immediate and prospective, VIII-16 



uniformity, VIII-16 



language uncertainties, VIII-15 

 U.N. activity, VIII-25-29 

 wait-and-see policy 



active policy, VIIl-25 



conflicting use, VIII-23 



definitive legal-poUtical framework, VIII-25 



lease-Submarine areas, VIII-24-25 



limited knowledge, distribution of resources, 

 VlII-23 



moratorium on exploration and exploitation, 

 VIII-24 



negotiations, VlII-23 



200-meter isobath, VIII-25 

 Mineral resources, international legal-political framework 

 assessment, VIII-1 5-29 

 dispute settlement 



arbitral tribunal, VIII-15 



conciliation, VIII-15 



International Court of Justice, VIII-15 



Optional Protocol, VIII-15 

 General Assembly, principles, VlII-29-32 

 international framework, recommended, VIII-33-44 

 investment, private, VIII-32-33 

 leasing beyond 200-meter isobath, VIII-32 

 objectives of framework 



capital investment, VIII-10 



exclusive claims, VIII-10 



foreign policy, VIII-1 1 



order and welfare, international, VIII-1 1 



scientific and technological efforts, VIII-10 



security and welfare. National, VIII-1 1 



vested interests, VIII-1 1 

 present status of framework 



contiguous zone, VIII-1 2-1 3 



continental shelf, VIII-1 3-14 



high seas, VlII-14-15 



internal waters and territorial sea, VIII-1 1-12 

 Mining 



Bureau of Mines, recorded operations, VII-107-108 

 capabilities to use marine resources 



consolidated deposits, VII-1 11-112 



costs, VIM 11, 178 



deep sea manganese operation, VlI-111, 178-184 



offshore dredgmg, VIM 10-1 11, 177 



poUution, VII-110 



techniques in mining, VIM 11, 180 

 financing, VII-109 

 foreign capabilities, VII-1 12 

 impact of mining 



on markets 



demand, VII-112-113, 114 



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