Monitoring of Anthropogenic Sediment Plumes in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, NE Equatorial Pacific Ocean

Monitoring of Anthropogenic Sediment Plumes in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, NE Equatorial Pacific Ocean

The abyssal seafloor in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) in the NE Pacific hosts the largest abundance of polymetallic nodules in the deep sea and is being targeted as an area for potential deep-sea mining. During nodule mining, seafloor sediment will be brought into suspension by mining equipment,...

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Main Authors: Sabine Haalboom, Timm Schoening, Peter Urban, Iason-Zois Gazis, Henko de Stigter, Benjamin Gillard, Matthias Baeye, Martina Hollstein, Kaveh Purkiani, Gert-Jan Reichart, Laurenz Thomsen, Matthias Haeckel, Annemiek Vink, Jens Greinert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ)
deep-sea mining
polymetallic nodules
sediment plume
plume monitoring
dredge experiment
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.882155/full

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