This experiment was successful for the first time, with self-developed electromagnetic equipment, at a depth of 4000 meters in the South China Sea
On the 5th, the reporter learned from the South China Sea Institute of Oceanography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences that recently, the researcher Sun Zhen team of the Institute cooperated with the scientific researchers of China University of Geosciences to conduct the first cross ocean mid ridge deep-sea artificial source electromagnetic and magnetotelluric joint exploration profile experiment in China through the self-developed electromagnetic launching and receiving equipment at a depth of about 4000 meters in the central basin of the South China Sea.
This experiment marks a further breakthrough in high-power artificial source electromagnetic detection technology in complex deep-sea terrain conditions in China.
The first cross ocean ridge ocean electromagnetic method joint detection profile in China. Painted by Jiang Feng and Zhu Xiaoxi
Marine electromagnetic method is an important method for detecting the geological structure of the seabed. At present, only a few units from the United States and Europe have mature technology and equipment to carry out joint detection of artificial sources and magnetotelluric methods in the deep sea.
"All the electromagnetic launch and reception equipment independently developed by Chinese scientists was used in this voyage," said project leader Sun Zhen. In order to conduct this experiment, the project team prepared for a period of up to 4 years. This operation was carried out by "Experiment 6", a comprehensive geophysical research vessel of the South China Sea Institute of Oceanography, Chinese Academy of Sciences.