NOAA's Marine Critical Minerals

Details

• Alternative Title:
  MCM
• Personal Author:
  Evan Robertson ; Courtney Thompson
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. National Ocean Service ; United States. Office for Coastal Management
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NOS (National Ocean Service) ; OCS (Office of Coast Survey)
• Description:
  This dataset collection is comprised of baseline data for marine critical minerals areas of interest, which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Coast Survey (OCS) is collecting through priority projects in US federal waters, in accordance with Executive Order 14285: Unleashing America's Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources.
• Content Notes:
  Executive Order 14285, "Unleashing America's Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources." ; Seabed Mining and the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (DSHMRA) ; 33 U.S. Code Chapter 47 Ocean Exploration
• Keywords:
  • Bathymetry
  • Coastal Bathymetry
  • Elevation
  • Hydrography
  • Oceans
  • Sediment Composition
  • Sub-Bottom Profile
  • Water Depth
  • Charting
  • Coastline
  More +
• Series:
  NOAA's Marine Critical Minerals
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/25jg-fp95
• Identifier:
  gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:79425
• Format:
  text
• Publisher:
  NOAA National Ocean Service|https://ror.org/02k4h0334 ; Office of Coast Survey|https://ror.org/05evek152
• Document Type:
  Dataset
• Temporal:
  2026 - present
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain
• Rights Statement:
  These data were produced by NOAA and are not subject to copyright protection in the United States. NOAA waives any potential copyright and related rights in these data worldwide through the Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (CC0-1.0).
• Compliance:
  Library
• Collection(s):
  National Ocean Service (NOS)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cf83e1357eefb8bdf1542850d66d8007d620e4050b5715dc83f4a921d36ce9ce47d0d13c5d85f2b0ff8318d2877eec2f63b931bd47417a81a538327af927da3e