The fluid mechanics of deep-sea mining

T Peacock, R Ouillon - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Fluid mechanics lies at the heart of many of the physical processes associated with the
nascent deep-sea mining industry. The evolution and fate of sediment plumes that would be …

深海重要矿产资源开发研究进展

李鑫海, 孙治雷, 曹红, 耿威, 张喜林, 翟滨… - 海洋地质与第四纪 …, 2024 - jhydz.com.cn
深海蕴藏了丰富的能源与矿产资源, 包括多金属结核, 多金属硫化物, 富钴结壳, 深海稀土,
天然气水合物等, 是人类社会未来可持续发展的重要储备. 当前, 社会迅猛发展对能源和关键矿产 …

Self-governance at depth: The international seabed authority and verification culture of the deep-sea mining industry

R Deberdt, CBG James - Resources Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Deep-sea mining requires the creation of a new set of regulations, mitigation measures, and
auditing procedures for the companies operating in this sector. In this article, it is argued that …

Deep-sea mining rock-fragment dispersal scenarios associated with submesoscale forcings: A case study in the Atlantic

FN Amorim, M Caetano, L Bastos, I Iglesias - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
In the last few years, the exploitation of deep-sea regions for minerals extraction raised
international attention as an economically viable source for the mining industry. However …

Comparing environmental impacts of deep‐seabed and land‐based mining: A defensible framework

A Metaxas, CD Anglin, A Cross, J Drazen… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The crises of climate change and biodiversity loss are interlinked and must be addressed
jointly. A proposed solution for reducing reliance on fossil fuels, and thus mitigating climate …

A numerical investigation of the dynamic interaction between the deep-sea mining vehicle and sediment plumes based on a small-scale analysis

S Liu, J Yang, H Lu, P Sun, B Zhang - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The discharge of sediment plumes, which occurs mainly in the two depth zones, has a
critical impact on assessing the deep-sea environment. Therefore, it is necessary to …

Oceanic bottom mixed layer in the Clarion-Clipperton zone: potential influence on deep-seabed mining plume dispersal

SYS Chen, R Ouillon, C Muñoz-Royo… - Environmental Fluid …, 2023 - Springer
The oceanic bottom mixed layer (BML) is a well mixed, weakly stratified, turbulent boundary
layer. Adjacent to the seabed, the BML is of intrinsic importance for studying ocean mixing …

Investigating cohesive sediment dynamics in open waters via grain-resolved simulations

B Vowinckel, K Zhao, R Zhu, E Meiburg - Flow, 2023 - cambridge.org
Cohesive particulate flows play an important role in environmental fluid dynamics, as well as
in a wide variety of civil and process engineering applications. However, the scaling laws …

In situ optical measurement of particles in sediment plumes generated by a pre-prototype polymetallic nodule collector

SE Mousadik, R Ouillon, C Muñoz-Royo, W Slade… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
This study presents in situ, high-resolution optical measurements of particle size
distributions (PSD) within sediment plumes generated by a pre-prototype deep seabed …

A modified drag coefficient model for calculating the terminal settling velocity and horizontal diffusion distance of irregular plume particles in deep-sea mining

Z Liu, Q Rao, W Yi, W Huang - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
Deep-sea mining inevitably produces plumes, which will pose a serious threat to the marine
environment with the continuous movement and diffusion of plumes along with ocean …