Fractal characteristics of resource quantity of cobalt crusts and seamount topography, the West Pacific |
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| Authors: | Zhang Weiyan Zhang Fuyuan Yang Kehong Hu Guangdao Yang Shengxiong Cheng Yongshou and Zhao Guojun |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute of Mathematical Geology and Remote Sensing Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China;(2) Second Institute of Oceanography of SOA, Laboratory of Submarine Geosciences, SOA, Hangzhou, 310012, China;(3) Guangzhou Marine Geological Investigation Bureau of MLR, Guangzhou, 510760, China;(4) National Marine Information Center, Tianjin, 300171, China;(5) Water Conservancy and Hydropower Survey and Design Institute of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310002, China |
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| Abstract: | This paper presents the fractal distribution of topography of seamounts from the West Pacific and the resource quantity of
cobalt crust therein. The cobalt resource quantity has three to four variable fractal dimensions, corresponding to the distinct
slopes and water depths of the seamount. The multiple fractal property of resource quantity may have resulted from various
factors, such as types and components of cobalt crusts and ages of oceanic crusts hosting the seamounts. Individual seamounts
display complex topography and quantity of cobalt crust, both in the same and different regions.
Translated from Acta Sedimentologica Sinica, 2006, 24(5): 705–713 译自: 沉积学报] |
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| Keywords: | Pacific seamounts cobalt crust topography resource quantity multifractal |
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