First Institute of Oceanography, Mnr

Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (qingdao)

National Marine Data Information Center

Chengfei Hou

Shijuan Yan

Yue Hao

Jun Ye

Gang Yang

Zhiwei Zhu

Dewen Du

Xiangwen Ren

Qinglei Song

Xiande Tian

Chunhua Han

Zhuanling Song

Mu Huang

Disclosed is a method for evaluating thicknesses of cobalt-rich crusts on seamounts, which comprises following steps: dividing a study area of cobalt-rich crusts into geological grid units, assigning crust thickness values to geological grid units; obtaining the crust thicknesses of the geological sampling stations in a preset influence range in the adjacent areas based on geological sampling station information; estimating the crust thicknesses in a certain distance range of the stations by a 'distance-slope' spatial interpolation method, and through a spatial similarity of a crusts spatial distribution caused by a relationship between the distance and the slope, assigning values to grid units outside adjacent areas and within an influence range of the spatial similarity relationship; assigning values to the geological grid units that failed to obtain crust thickness value through an expected assignment method, and obtaining the crust thicknesses of the study areas.

Method for evaluating thicknesses of cobalt-rich crusts on seamounts

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Qingdao, China

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