Assessing the Spatial and Temporal Scales of Mid-Water Dissolved Metal Plumes Generated from Deep-Sea Polymetallic Nodule Mining
Joaquim Bento1, Pablo Cornejo2, Adolfo Bahamonde3, Sebastián Gallardo3, Álvaro Maricahuin3, Patrick Downes4, Solomon Udochi5, Felipe Sales de Freitas6, Leigh Marsh7, Alexander Webber6, Tami Haase4 and Michael Clarke4, (1)The Metals Company, Vina del Mar, Chile, (2)MSET ; Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Concepción, Concepcion, Chile, (3)MSET, Concepcion, Chile, (4)The Metals Company, Gold Coast, Australia, (5)The Metals Company, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (6)The Metals Company, Bristol, United Kingdom, (7)NA, Bristol, United Kingdom