US 12,455,397 B2
Method for evaluating thicknesses of cobalt-rich crusts on seamounts
Shijuan Yan, Qingdao (CN); Chengfei Hou, Qingdao (CN); Gang Yang, Qingdao (CN); Xiande Tian, Tianjin (CN); Xiangwen Ren, Qingdao (CN); Jun Ye, Qingdao (CN); Zhiwei Zhu, Qingdao (CN); Qinglei Song, Qingdao (CN); Zhuanling Song, Qingdao (CN); Mu Huang, Qingdao (CN); Yue Hao, Qingdao (CN); Chunhua Han, Tianjin (CN); and Dewen Du, Qingdao (CN)
Assigned to The First Institute of Oceanography, MNR, Qingdao (CN); Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao (CN); and National Marine Data Information Center, Tianjin (CN)
Filed by The First Institute of Oceanography, MNR, Qingdao (CN); Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology(Qingdao), Qingdao (CN); and National Marine Data Information Center, Tianjin (CN)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/306,583.
Claims priority of application No. 202211456575.5 (CN), filed on Nov. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0168196 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. G01V 99/00 (2024.01)
CPC G01V 99/00 (2013.01) 8 Claims
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1. A method for evaluating thicknesses of cobalt-rich crusts on seamounts, the method comprising following steps:
S1, dividing a study area of cobalt-rich crusts resources into geological grid units, and dividing the study area into adjacent areas based on geological sampling stations, wherein the adjacent areas comprise the geological grid units and the geological sampling stations;
S2, obtaining thicknesses of crusts of the geological sampling stations in a preset influence range in the adjacent areas based on geological sampling information of the geological sampling stations;
S3, assigning values to the geological grid units in the adjacent areas based on the thicknesses of crusts in the preset influence range in the adjacent areas, and obtaining the thicknesses of crusts of the geological grid units in the adjacent areas;
S4, assigning the values to the geological grid units failing to be assigned by using an expected assignment method, so as to obtain the thicknesses of crusts of the study area; and
S5, evaluating resources of the cobalt-rich crusts on the seamounts based on the thicknesses of crusts of the study area to obtain an evaluation result, and mining, based on the evaluation result, the resources of the cobalt-rich crusts on the seamounts.