AUV-CSEM: An Improvement in the Efficiency of Multi-Sensor Mapping of Seafloor Massive Sulfide (SMS) Deposits with an AUV
AUV-CSEM: An Improvement in the Efficiency of Multi-Sensor Mapping of Seafloor Massive Sulfide (SMS) Deposits with an AUV
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AUV-CSEM：利用 AUV 提高海底块状硫化物 (SMS) 矿床多传感器测绘效率
作者：
Steve Bloomer;Matthew Kowalczyk;P. Kowalczyk;S. Constable;E. Haber;Toru Kasuga
海底块状硫化物(SMS)矿床因其作为铜矿和金矿体的潜力而引起人们的兴趣。这种矿化往往具有很高的传导性，因此，在进行包括多波束测深、侧扫声纳和化学传感器数据收集在内的自主水下航行器(AUV)调查之后，往往需要对这些矿床进行电磁测绘，以便对钻探目标进行排序。本文描述了两项工程试验的结果，这些试验能够同时收集标准有效载荷AUV数据和电磁数据，以快速确定钻探目标。结果表明，该系统是一种在短信息环境下同时进行高分辨率多传感器和电磁测绘的有效和经济的方法。
Seafloor massive sulfide (SMS) deposits are of interest because of their potential as copper and gold orebodies. This mineralization is often highly conductive, and consequently, electromagnetic mapping of these deposits for ranking of drilling targets often follows autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) surveys that include multibeam bathymetry, side scan sonar, and chemical sensor data collection. This paper describes the results of two engineering tests to enable the simultaneous collection of standard payload AUV data with electromagnetic data for rapid determination of drilling targets. The resulting system is shown to be an efficient and cost-effective method for concurrent high-resolution multisensor and electromagnetic mapping in an SMS environment.