The NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Bibliography

From 1983 through 1992, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) compiled a comprehensive, computerized bibliography of offshore marine mineral deposits as a cooperative effort with the Ocean Minerals and Energy Division of the NOAA National Ocean Service, and the Office of International Activities and Marine Minerals (INTERMAR) of the Minerals Management Service (MMS). In October of 1992, the NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Bibliography (MMBIB) was released as a compact disc.
The bibliography includes over 17,000 citations of references to sea floor deposits of ferromanganese (polymetallic) nodules and crusts, placers/heavy minerals, phosphorites, and polymetallic sulfides published from 1831 through 1990. References include key word categories indicating geographic area and type of study conducted. Subject key words are annotated with "general" or "technical" to indicate whether a subject was mentioned briefly, or was explored in detail. Key words also include the names of each mineral and each element mentioned in the article. Geographic keys include ocean or sea name, numeric designators for the ocean/sea, the name of any pertinent geographic feature, US exclusive economic zones (e.g. East Coast), and geologic setting.
The NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals CD-ROM Data Set, produced by NGDC and partially funded by INTERMAR, contains the entire NGDC Marine Minerals Bibliography and Geochemical Database and several data files compiled by other organizations. The bibliography is searchable on-line on NGDC's web server.
The NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Bibliography and geochemical database was incorporated by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) into their online compilation, which uses the NGDC MMBIB identification system for references.

自1983年至1992年，美国国家海洋和大气管理局（NOAA）国家地球物理数据中心（NGDC）与NOAA国家海洋服务局海洋矿产能源处以及矿产管理局国际活动与海洋矿产办公室（INTERMAR）共同协作，编制了一部全面、计算机化的海上矿产资源沉积物文献目录。该目录于1992年10月以光盘形式发布，由NOAA和MMS海洋矿产文献（MMBIB）组成。该文献目录收录了1831年至1990年间发表的超过17,000条关于海底铁锰（多金属）结核和壳体、砂矿/重金属、磷块岩和多金属硫化物的沉积物参考文献。参考文献包含关键词类别，用以指明地理区域和所进行的研究类型。主题关键词被标注为“一般”或“技术”，以表明主题是否被简要提及或被详细探讨。关键词还包括文章中提到的每种矿物和每种元素的名称。地理关键词包括海洋或海域名称、海洋/海域的数字标识符、任何相关的地理特征名称、美国专属经济区（例如东海岸）以及地质环境。由NGDC制作并由INTERMAR部分资助的NOAA和MMS海洋矿产CD-ROM数据集，包含了整个NGDC海洋矿产文献和地球化学数据库，以及由其他组织汇编的几个数据文件。该文献目录可在NGDC的web服务器上在线搜索。国际海底管理局（ISA）将NOAA和MMS海洋矿产文献和地球化学数据库纳入其在线汇编中，并使用NGDC MMBIB识别系统进行参考文献的引用。