Extent of impact of deep-sea nodule mining midwater plumes is influenced by sediment loading, turbulence and thresholds

C Muñoz-Royo, T Peacock, MH Alford… - … Earth & Environment, 2021 - nature.com
Deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining research activity has substantially increased in recent
years, but the expected level of environmental impact is still being established. One …

A numerical investigation of the effects of deep-sea mining vehicles on the evolution of sediment plumes based on the combination of near-and far-field models

S Liu, J Yang, H Lyu, P Sun, B Zhang - Applied Ocean Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Deep-sea mining (DSM) activities continuously stir up sediments around the collectors and
release dense sediment plumes, which has attracted widespread international attention due …

Experimental and numerical investigation of the effect of deep-sea mining vehicles on the discharge plumes

S Liu, J Yang, H Lyu, P Sun, B Zhang - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
During mining activities, deep-sea mining vehicles (DSMVs) are highly susceptible to
causing massive disturbance to the seafloor sediment, resulting in the formation of plumes …

[PDF][PDF] Two-way-coupling near-field and far-field models for the simulation of plumes

T Wolf, WA Breugem, B Verheyen, B Decrop - vliz.be
In this paper, two different coupling methodologies between near-field and far-field models
are presented. In the first coupling methodology, the near-field model of Lee and Cheung [3] …

[PDF][PDF] A Three-dimensional baroclinic model of the Mediterranean Sea in TELEMAC-3D coupled with WAQTEL

K Chu, WA Breugem, B Decrop - researchgate.net
IMDC has developed a large-scale TELEMAC-3D baroclinic model of the Mediterranean
Sea (iMED). The model covers the entire Mediterranean sea with the major islands of Sicily …

[PDF][PDF] Automatic calibration of a tidal estuary model of the Scheldt using data assimilation algorithm

K Chu, WA Breugem, L Wang, T Wolf, T Koutrouveli… - 2022 - vliz.be
A tidal estuary model of the Scheldt is developed in TELEMAC-3D. The model is calibrated
on bottom roughness using an automatic procedure. The Python module TELAPY, is online …