Monitoring benthic plumes, sediment redeposition and seafloor imprints caused by deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining

Abstract A deep-sea (4500 m) trial of a pre-prototype polymetallic nodule collector with independent scientific monitoring revealed that a gravity current formed behind the collector channeled through steeper seafloor sections and traveled 500 m downslope. The prevailing bottom currents dominated se...

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Main Authors: Iason-Zois Gazis, Henko de Stigter, Jochen Mohrmann, Karl Heger, Melanie Diaz, Benjamin Gillard, Matthias Baeye, Mario E. Veloso-Alarcón, Kaveh Purkiani, Matthias Haeckel, Annemiek Vink, Laurenz Thomsen, Jens Greinert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56311-0
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