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 F. J. (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, 2022-05-27T18:33:37Z.
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