Committee on Existing and Potential Uses of the Seafloor, National Research Council, USA.
The establishment of the US Exclusive Economic Zone in 1983 was "for the purpose of exploring, exploiting, conserving and managing natural resources". Besides living resources in this vast region there are extensive mineral and energy resources. This book assesses the state of knowledge of seafloor properties and processes as they relate to future utilization of the US EEZ seabed.