Communications Earth & Environment (Jul 2021)
Extent of impact of deep-sea nodule mining midwater plumes is influenced by sediment loading, turbulence and thresholds
- Carlos Muñoz-Royo,
- Thomas Peacock,
- Matthew H. Alford,
- Jerome A. Smith,
- Arnaud Le Boyer,
- Chinmay S. Kulkarni,
- Pierre F. J. Lermusiaux,
- Patrick J. Haley,
- Chris Mirabito,
- Dayang Wang,
- E. Eric Adams,
- Raphael Ouillon,
- Alexander Breugem,
- Boudewijn Decrop,
- Thijs Lanckriet,
- Rohit B. Supekar,
- Andrew J. Rzeznik,
- Amy Gartman,
- Se-Jong Ju
Affiliations
- Carlos Muñoz-Royo
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Thomas Peacock
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Matthew H. Alford
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California
- Jerome A. Smith
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California
- Arnaud Le Boyer
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California
- Chinmay S. Kulkarni
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Pierre F. J. Lermusiaux
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Patrick J. Haley
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Chris Mirabito
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Dayang Wang
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- E. Eric Adams
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Raphael Ouillon
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Alexander Breugem
- International Marine and Dredging Consultants
- Boudewijn Decrop
- International Marine and Dredging Consultants
- Thijs Lanckriet
- Fluves
- Rohit B. Supekar
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Andrew J. Rzeznik
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Amy Gartman
- U.S. Geological Survey, PCMSC
- Se-Jong Ju
- Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00213-8
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 2,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 16
Abstract
The extent of impact by midwater discharge plumes from deep-sea nodule mining will be influenced by the quantity of plume sediment, ocean turbulence and acceptable environmental thresholds, according to numerical modelling and direct experiments
