Extent of impact of deep-sea nodule mining midwater plumes is influenced by sediment loading, turbulence and thresholds

Abstract Deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining research activity has substantially increased in recent years, but the expected level of environmental impact is still being established. One environmental concern is the discharge of a sediment plume into the midwater column. We performed a dedicated fie...

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Main Authors: Muñoz-Royo, Carlos (Author), Peacock, Thomas (Author), Alford, Matthew H (Author), Smith, Jerome A (Author), Le Boyer, Arnaud (Author), Kulkarni, Chinmay S (Author), Lermusiaux, Pierre FJ (Author), Haley, Patrick J (Author), Mirabito, Chris (Author), Wang, Dayang (Author), Adams, E Eric (Author), Ouillon, Raphael (Author), Breugem, Alexander (Author), Decrop, Boudewijn (Author), Lanckriet, Thijs (Author), Supekar, Rohit B (Author), Rzeznik, Andrew J (Author), Gartman, Amy (Author), Ju, Se-Jong (Author)
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Language:English
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2022-01-10T18:05:00Z.
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