Geophysical and Geological Investigations at the Palinuro Seamount

该项目的主要目标是确定整个Palinuro海隆（意大利第勒尼安海）电磁测量的区域覆盖范围，以便能够划定以前探测和钻探的海底块状硫化物的横向范围，也可能是纵向范围，并探测工作区内更多未知的块状硫化物。在进行地球物理测量的同时，还应进行地质调查，以便进行地面实况调查，并得出正确解释所获得的地球物理数据所需的参数。最终，对所获得数据的联合解释将建立一个框架，为计划中的未来调查做准备，其中有针对性的钻探将有助于充分确定Palinuro海山的特征。这将是一个重要的贡献，了解地质和资源潜力的灭绝SMS系统在岛弧设置。从更广泛的意义上说，我们希望为eSMS的新型地球物理和岩土工程勘探工具建立一个理想的测试场地，因为它靠近意大利海岸，使其成为后勤上容易到达的目标。这里提出的工作在技术上是新的，学术界和工业界都感兴趣：学术兴趣在于，这些新的EM勘探工具将允许更完整地了解SMS系统在各种构造环境中的分布，因为这将有助于将调查的重点从寻找目前活跃的系统转移到那些，该研究的工业相关性通过EM建模研究的工业融资和工业设备设计得到了很好的证明。以及蓝色矿业财团的工业合作伙伴。这些新的电磁勘探工具可用于查明埋藏的块状硫化物矿床，并获得关于其吨位的信息，从而能够更好地评估硫化物矿床的规模，从而也能更好地估计这类海洋矿产资源的资源潜力。

The main objective of the project is to establish an areal coverage of electromagnetic (EM) measurements across the Palinuro Seamount (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy) to allow for the delineation of the lateral and possibly also the vertical extent of a previously detected and drilled seafloor massive sulfides (SMS) as well as for the detection of further unknown occurrences of SMS in the work area. Geophysical measurements are to be accompanied by geological investigations to allow for ground truthing and to yield parameters which are needed for a correct interpretation of the acquired geophysical data. Ultimately the joint interpretation of the acquired data will set up the framework to prepare for planed future investigations, where target-oriented drilling will help to fully characterize the Palinuro Seamount. This will be an important contribution to understand the geology and resource potential of extinct SMS systems in an island arc setting. In a broader sense the we hope to established an ideal test site for novel geophysical and geotechnical exploration tools for eSMS, since its proximity to the coast of Italy makes it a logistically easily accessible target.The work proposed here is technologically new and of interest to both academia and industry:The academic interest lies in the fact that these new EM exploration tools will allow to get a more complete understanding on the distribution of SMS systems in various tectonic settings, since it will help to shift the focus of investigations from the search for presently active systems to those, which are no longer active but potentially have left buried SMS as a hidden geological marker of past activity.The industrial relevance of the research is well documented through the industrial financing of an EM modeling study and equipment design through industry as well as industrial partners in the Blue Mining consortium. These new EM exploration tools can be used to identify buried massive sulfide deposits and derive information on their tonnage allowing a better assessment of the size of sulfide deposits and therefore also providing a better estimate of the resource potential of this type of marine mineral resource.