Publication Date:
2016-07-11
Description:
An analytical solution of the time-dependent mass conservation equation is used to describe the passive dispersion of deep-sea particulates resuspended during mining. Data from bottom photographs, deep-sea particulate casts, and moored nephelometers taken during North Pacific manganese nodule test mining have been used to fix model parameters. The settling velocity spectrum of the resuspended particulates and the near-bottom vertical turbulent eddy diffusivity have been estimated by the least-squares method.
Type:
Article
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PeerReviewed
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text
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