Jinyang.com News Reporter Zhao Yanhua Correspondent Chen Cinema Huiling reported: It took 122 days and the voyage was nearly 35,000 kilometers. The “Ocean VI” ship of the Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey of the Ministry of Natural Resources completed the 8th Deep Sea Geology Voyage of the China Geological Survey and the 55th Serial Examination Mission of the China Geological Survey, full of scientific research results, and returned to Guangzhou on October 23.
The Ocean VI ship set sail from Guangzhou on May 30, 2019. It has carried out multiple methods of investigations such as multi-beam topography measurement, shallow strata profile measurement, marine gravity measurement, “Seahorse” ROV investigation, deep-sea shallow drilling sampling, deep-sea photography, in-situ acoustic thickness measurement of cobalt-rich crust, temperature and salt depth measurement, geological trawling and gravity piston sediment columnar sampling.
The 8th Deep Sea Geological Voyage and the 55th China Ocean Voyage Expedition were organized by the China Geological Survey and the China Ocean Mineral Resources Research and Development Association, respectively, and were carried out in accordance with the Cinema Department of Marine Geological Survey. The voyage has cooperated with 58 scientific expedition team members from Zhejiang University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Donghai Station of the Institute of Acoustics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Natural Resources Newspaper and other institutions to overcome many difficulties such as harsh sea conditions, lack of supplies, and equipment failures.
Three important progress has been made in deep-sea exploration
According to reports, the acquisition of rich deep-sea geological samples and marine geophysical data has made three important progress in resource exploration, deep-sea geological survey, and application of new technologies and methods for deep-sea exploration in my country. First, a comprehensive geological and geophysical survey of the key survey areas of the Northwest Pacific Ocean was implemented, and a full coverage of multi-beam water depth was achieved, and geophysical information and geological samples of rare earth sediments were obtained, laying the foundation for scientific research on deep sea earth systems and the evaluation of new resources.
The second is to continue to carry out the annual resource survey of my country’s cobalt-rich crust contract area, and implement the China Ocean Association and the International Undersea AdministrationThe obligation of the “Cobalt-rich crust Exploration Contract” signed, the investigation results provide support for the resource evaluation of the cobalt-rich crust contract area and the successful completion of the regional abandonment tasks agreed in the contract.
Third, scientific and technological innovation has made important progress in deep-sea exploration. For the first time, image processing technology is used to realize intelligent splicing of underwater video images, providing basic data for the research on the distribution rules and characteristics of cobalt-rich crusts at a small scale; the detection performance of the in-situ acoustic thickness measurement system of cobalt-rich crusts was optimized, and it was successfully applied to multiple carrier platforms such as ROV and mobile drilling rigs, providing powerful investigation methods for fine detection of cobalt-rich crusts; and improving the stability and operating efficiency of cobalt-rich crust deep-sea shallow drills.
Zhongshu<a In addition, during the berth of the Port of Ponape, the Federal Embassy of Micronesia on September 9, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of my country in Mission jointly held a reception to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Mission, and invited representatives of the Federal Government of Mission and relevant Chinese-funded institutions to visit the Marine VI and actively explore cooperation between China and Mission in the fields of marine geology and other fields.
The “Ocean VI” ship is the first modern comprehensive geological and geophysical survey ship independently designed and built by my country. In recent years, many newly-appointed marine scientific research survey ships in my country have referred to the basic design of “Ocean VI”. Since its induction in 2009, “Ocean VI” has conducted 55 deep-sea geological, ocean and polar scientific investigation tasks in the South China Sea, the Pacific and Antarctic waters for 10 consecutive years. The cumulative time of going to sea reached 2,137 days, and safely sailed 290,000 nautical miles (about 535,000 kilometers). The voyage is equivalent to 13 and a half circles orbiting the earth. It has accumulated experience in scientific investigation and navigation support in the entire sea area, and has significantly improved the level of scientific investigation in my country’s marine geological investigation.
Picture description: The “Ocean Six” ship carried out deep-sea shallow drilling operations during the 55 voyage of China Ocean in the Western Pacific. Photo: Correspondents Zhu Xia and Xue Junhui
Ship Background: The “Ocean Six” scientific research ship
The “Ocean Six” ship is Babaylan The first modern comprehensive geological and geophysical survey ship independently designed and built by my country. In recent years, many newly-entered marine scientific survey ships in my country have referred to the basic design of “Marine VI”. The ship adopts international advanced technical equipment such as electric propulsion systems, power positioning systems, full swing rudder oars, and is equipped with a variety of advanced survey equipment. It has high integration and automation, good versatility, and can meet the comprehensive survey requirements of multidisciplinary and Babaylan. The length is 105.66 meters, width is 17.35 meters, draft is Komiks5.5 meters, total tonnage 4335, full load displacement 4650 tons, economic speed 12 knots, maximum speed 16 knots, self-sustaining power 60 days, endurance 15,000 nautical miles, and a capacity of 65 people.
Since being enlisted in 2009, the “Ocean VI” ship has carried out national marine survey projects such as natural gas hydrate resource survey, oil and gas resource survey, and marine regional geological survey, as well as key equipment installation tests, deep-sea exploration shared scientific expedition missions, as well as deep-sea geological survey, ocean scientific survey and polar scientific survey tasks, with a total of 55 voyages in various scientific expedition tasks, with a total of 55 voyages in the South China Sea. Komiks has a time of 2137 days, and has a safe journey of 290,000 nautical miles (about 535,000 kilometers), with a voyage of 13 and a half circles around the earth. The surveyed sea areas include the South China Sea, the Pacific Ocean and the Antarctic waters. After 10 years of baptism of wind and waves, the “Ocean VI” ship has achieved fruitful scientific results and has explored and accumulated my country.The experience of scientific marine geology and navigation support in the entire sea area has significantly improved the level of scientific marine geology in my country.
The “Ocean VI” ship has strong comprehensive investigation capabilities and complete scientific research methods. It is known as the all-round king of comprehensive scientific investigations of deep-sea oceans in my country. It is equipped with advanced equipment that meets the survey of multiple disciplines such as geology, geophysics, and marine environment, such as multi-channel earthquakes, multi-beams, shallow formation profiles, gravity and magnetism, near-bottom observation operating systems such as ROV (“Seahorse” and “Sea Lion”), AUV, and submarine cameras, deep-sea shallow drilling, ultra-long gravity columns, box-type sampling, multi-tube sampling, geological trawling nets, biological trawling nets, temperature-salt depth (CTD), and high-precision operation support systems such as dynamic positioning and underwater positioning, which plays a significant demonstration role in the subsequent design and construction of Komiks scientific research ships in my country. Since its inclusion, the Ocean VI ship has completed only nearly 110,000 kilometers of shipboard geophysical (multibeam, shallow formation profile, gravity and magnetic force, etc.) measurement lines, more than 200 submarine camera measurement lines, and nearly 100 kilometers of AUV acoustic measurements; 23 ROV dives, 409 deep-sea shallow drilling stations, 294 gravity column samples, 230 box samples, and 26 geological trawl nets (more than 11 tons of polymetallic nodule samples were obtained); Environmental biological survey station (CTCinemaD, biological trawl, anchor system, etc.) has accumulated rich basic marine geological and geophysical data.
In the past ten years since its inclusion, the Marine VI ship has achieved a series of important results in the South China Sea oil and gas resource survey, natural gas hydrate resource exploration, ocean mineral resource survey, Antarctic scientific investigation, experimental application and development of major marine equipment, sharing of scientific research and development, foreign cooperation and exchanges, cultivating marine scientific and technological talents for developing countries, and building marine geological culture and popularizing science. We have designated two deep-sea rare earth resource prospects in the Central and Western Pacific regions for my country, and obtained valuable first-hand data in the Western Pacific for the first cobalt-rich crust exploration contract area, the second polymetallic nodule exploration contract area and the Antarctic sea area, and expanded our Komiks‘s national resource strategic space, and has made positive contributions to safeguarding my country’s marine rights and interests in the international submarine area. It has been forged into a banner for my country’s marine geological survey and ocean scientific investigation. The scientific expedition team has successively been awarded the honorary titles of “National Komiks Workers Pioneer”, “National May Fourth Red Flag League Branch”, “Jiaolong’s manned submersible 7,000-meter-level sea test advanced collective”, “China Ocean Science Expedition Advanced Collective”, “Guangdong Province Civilized Unit”, “Guangdong Province May Fourth Red Flag League Branch Model”, and “Advanced Grassroots League Organization” of the China Geological Survey Bureau; the results have been selected for the “Year-Year-Year-Year-Standard-English Organization of the China Geological Survey Bureau” and many times. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>KomiksTop Ten Geological Science and Technology Progress” and so on.
Key voyages:
2011Cinema-In 2012, the technical support and warning escort mission of the 5,000-meter and 7,000-meter sea trial of the Jiaolong manned submersible was successfully completed. From 2013 to 2015, the test and application voyage of the “Qianlong-1” AUV independently designed and developed by my country; in 2014, as a working mother ship, the “Haima” ROV, the “Haima” ROV, independently developed by my country, completed the maritime test and acceptance, and made a major breakthrough, filling the domestic gap. In 2015, the “Haima” was first discovered in the western waters of the northern land slope of the South China Sea, The cold spring was named “Seahorse” Cold Spring. From July 6 to April 2017, KomiksThe 41st voyage in China, the 2016 deep sea geological survey of the China Geological Survey, and the 33rd China’s Antarctic Scientific Expedition mission. This is the second systematic comprehensive geological and geophysical scientific investigation of the Antarctic waters carried out by my country. In 2019, as an open scientific research platform, it has joined forces with 18 domestic marine enterprises. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Babaylan organization went to my country’s South China Sea to carry out the scientific expedition mission of the 2019 deep sea exploration shared voyage. This is a large-scale deep sea exploration shared voyage.The ref=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Babaylan voyage carried out more than 20 maritime scientific inspection tasks, achieving joint investigation innovation through multi-party project cooperation.