Abyssal mineral resource exploitation is receiving increasing attention in many countries.
The plume issues caused by deep-sea mining must be studied before commercial mining …

Turbidity flows are known to be affected by the density difference between sediment plumes
and the surrounding water. However, besides density, other factors could lead to changes in …

Recent research highlights the abundance of floccule (flocs) in rivers, formed by aggregation
of clay particles with organic matter. These flocs affect the transport and the eventual fate of …

This article discusses whether or to what extent flocculation plays a role in the saline deep-
sea environment and whether sediment plumes generated by deep-sea mining activities are …

Systematical downslope‐turbidity‐current experiments were performed to clarify the
relationship between sediment‐transport modes and current propagation patterns caused …

We have developed and investigated a hydrodynamic model of Deep-Sea Mining (DSM)
collector turbidity flows that captures sediment particle aggregation and breakup …

Abstract A deep-sea (4500 m) trial of a pre-prototype polymetallic nodule collector with
independent scientific monitoring revealed that a gravity current formed behind the collector …

In this work a high-magnification digital video camera in combination with a settling column
is used to study in a first part the influence of the amount of flocs transferred into the settling …

Flocculation, as the formation of insoluble organo-metallic complexes, has been studied
considerably in the field of soil science, as it emerges eg from podzolization where a soil …

Floc size distribution and settling velocities are crucial parameters for characterising
cohesive sediments, as they influence how these sediments behave in various …