IGEBA   23946
INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS BASICAS, APLICADAS Y AMBIENTALES DE BUENOS AIRES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
capítulos de libros
Título:
An overview on the Antarctic Resources
Autor/es:
REMESAL M B,; PARCICA, C.A
Libro:
Geological Resources of Tierra del Fuego
Editorial:
Springer
Referencias:
Año: 2021; p. 351 - 363
Resumen:
AbstractAcknowledge of Antarctic mineral resources is not an easy task, at first, because the hardregulations about any possible interest on mining, oil production. Most of information has someyears or it depends of the observations of researches at time of any other project about Geologymainly. Anyway, this knowledge means a reservoir of information when the Antarctic Treatywould start a process of discussion.Metallic minerals, Cu Zn and Mo are located at many localities in the South ShetlandIslands and Antarctic Peninsula, related to Andean magmatism, also at Wilkes Basin. Ni, Cr andCo, at the northernmost of the Antarctic Peninsula, meanwhile at the south, Au and Ag. Fe atQueen Fabiola Land and some small outcrops at many areas represented with pyrite. Mnnodules in Aurora Basin and Wilkes Land, U in Amery Basin and oil in two basins, Weddell SeaBasin and Ross Sea Basin. Some coal was reported and exploited many years ago, at Mary BirdLand. Rare Earth Elements are also considered in the Transantarctic Mountains.Water, now is the most important resource considered to apply to some problems indry areas of Africa mainly, but as usual the problem of transport still present to avoid any seriousproject about this matter.