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An in situ study of abyssal turbidity-current sediment plumes generated by a deep seabed polymetallic nodule mining preprototype collector vehicle
Muñoz-Royo, C.; Ouillon, R.; El Mousadik, S.; Alford, M.H.; Peacock, T. (2022). An in situ study of abyssal turbidity-current sediment plumes generated by a deep seabed polymetallic nodule mining preprototype collector vehicle. Science Advances 8(38): eabn121. https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn1219
In: Science Advances. AAAS: New York. ISSN 2375-2548; e-ISSN 2375-2548
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  • Muñoz-Royo, C.
  • Ouillon, R.
  • El Mousadik, S.
  • Alford, M.H.
  • Peacock, T.
Abstract
    An in situ study to investigate the dynamics of sediment plumes near the release from a deep seabed polymetallic nodule mining preprototype collector vehicle was conducted in the Clarion Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean 4500-m deep. The experiments reveal that the excess density of the released sediment-laden water leads to a low-lying, laterally spreading turbidity current. At the time of measurement, 2 to 8% of the sediment mass were detected 2 m or higher above the seabed and were not observed to settle over several hours, with the remaining 92 to 98% below 2 m and some fraction of that locally deposited. Our results suggest that turbidity current dynamics sets the fraction of sediment remaining suspended and the scale of the subsequent ambient sediment plume. The implications of this process, which is characteristically overlooked in previous modeling efforts, are substantial for plume modeling that will lie at the heart of environmental impact statements for regulatory consideration.
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