Index • 341 



spectral induced polarization: 142 



spontaneous polarization: 141 



transient electromagnetic method: 140 



vertical electric dipole: 140 

 electromagnetic methods: 140 

 endangered species: 243 

 Endangered Species Act of 1973: 243 

 Energy Security Act of 1980, Title VII: 26 

 environmental effects: 20, 110, 215, 218, 222-223, 

 226-245 



benthic effects: 215, 223, 226-227, 243, 245 



deep water effects: 218, 226, 236-245 



mid-water effects: 215, 222-223, 226 



plume effects: 222, 226, 234, 239, 240-241 



shallow water effects: 218, 226, 227-236 



surface effects: 215, 222, 226 

 environmental impact statements: 215, 218, 240, 244 



Cobalt Crust Draft Environmental Impact Statement: 

 215 



Gorda Ridge Draft Environmental Impact Statement: 

 215, 244 



Manganese Crust EIS Project: 240 

 environmental monitoring: 20, 21, 228-230, 237 

 Environmental Studies Program: 219, 264 

 Escanaba Trough: 162 

 exploration: 8, 22-28, 31 



budget planning and coordination: 23, 27, 28 



costs: 25 



general: 8, 22 



pre-lease prospecting rules, proposed: 31 



private sector: 24 



State programs: 26 

 Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ): 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 23, 29, 

 41, 42, 45, 47, 49, 51, 52, 55, 57, 58, 61, 64, 65, 

 70, 74, 169, 199, 249, 275, 292 



Federsd Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee: 



26 

 Federal Republic of Germany: 105, 317 



mining laws: 310-311 

 ferromanganese crusts, seabed mining technology: 182 

 Finland: 96 



fish, effects of mining on: 231-233, 242,245 

 France: 94, 317 



mining laws: 309-310 

 Frasch process: 183 



Gabon: 94 

 Galapagos Rift: 63 

 garnet, commodities: 112 

 General Instrument Corp.: 256 

 geochemical techniques: 143-145 



dissolved manganese: 143 



helium-3: 143 



hydrothermal discharges: 143 



light scattering measurements: 143 



methane: 143 



particulate metals: 143 



radon-222: 143 



SLEUTH: 143-144 



temperature: 143 

 thermal conductivity: 143 

 water sampling: 143-144 

 geographic locations, United States: 

 Alabama: 282, 291 

 Alaska: 12, 16, 24, 40, 41, 56, 65, 67, 68, 100, 103, 



128, 138, 169, 171, 177, 192 

 Alaska Peninsula: 66, 68 

 Aleutian Islands (AK): 41, 66 

 Ambrose Channel: 231, 290 

 American Samoa: 293, 298 

 Appalachian Mountains: 49, 50 

 Atlantic coast: 45 

 Atlantic Ocean: 43 

 Baker Island: 292 

 Baltimore Canyon: 43 

 Beaufort Sea: 41, 67, 69, 122, 253 

 Bering Sea: 12, 40, 66, 67, 68, 69, 122, 138 

 Blake Plateau: 12, 24, 45, 53, 94 

 Brooks Range (AK): 67 

 California: 12, 41, 42, 56, 57, 58, 60, 65, 122, 138, 



281, 282, 291 

 California Borderland: 61 

 Cape Farrelo (OR): 60 

 Cape Mendocino (CA): 57 

 Cape Prince of Wales (AK): 67, 69 

 Cascade Mountains: 41, 58 

 Chagvan Bay (AK): 69 

 Chesapeake Bay: 51, 52, 224, 290 

 Chukchi Sea: 67, 69, 122 

 Columbia River: 57, 60, 291 

 Colville River: 67 

 Connecticut: 283, 290 

 Cook Inlet (AK): 67, 68 

 Coquille River (OR): 60 

 Coronado Bank: 61 

 Delaware: 281, 283, 290 

 Delaware River: 52 

 Delmarva Peninsula: 47 

 Dog Island (FL): 56 

 Escanaba Trough: 65 



Florida: 12, 16, 41, 45, 53, 175, 281, 283, 290, 291 

 Forty Mile Bank: 61 

 Galveston (TX): 55 

 Georges Bank: 45, 46, 52 

 Georgia: 45, 49, 53, 281, 284, 290 

 Goodnews Bay (AK): 12, 68 



Gorda Ridge: 12, 29, 42, 57, 61, 64, 65, 244-245, 291 

 Grand Isle, (LA): 218, 224 

 Gray's Harbor (WA): 57, 60 

 Guam: 292, 293, 296, 298 

 Gulf of Alaska: 40, 65, 67, 69 

 Gulf of Mexico: 42, 55, 56, 122, 138, 183, 253 

 Hawaii: 43, 69, 95, 122, 182, 284, 290, 291 

 Hawaiian Archipelago: 72, 240, 243 

 Hoh River (WA): 60 

 Howland Island: 292 

 JacksonvUle (FL): 53 

 James River (VA): 51 

 Johnston Island: 240, 243, 292 



