Re-channelization of turbidity currents in South China Sea abyssal plain due to seamounts and ridges

Yin, Shaoru; Pope, Ed; Lin, Lin; Ding, Weifeng; Gao, Jinyao; Wu, Ziyin; Yang, Chunguo; Chen, Jiangxin; Li, Jiabiao

doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106601

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“…Seabed geohazards in the South China Sea [1], such as landslides [2,3], turbidity currents [4,5], and liquefaction [6], pose a significant risk to marine engineering projects [7], such as gas hydrate extraction [8,9], offshore oil and gas platform construction [10], and submarine fiber optic cables [11,12]. This is an urgent issue for national deep-sea development [13].…”

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Study on the Relationship between Resistivity and the Physical Properties of Seafloor Sediments Based on the Deep Neural Learning Algorithm

Sun

Fan

Zhu

et al. 2023

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The occurrence of deep-sea geohazards is accompanied by dynamic changes in the physical properties of seafloor sediments. Therefore, studying the physical properties is helpful for monitoring and early warnings of deep-sea geohazards. Existing physical property inversion methods have problems regarding the poor inversion accuracy and limited application scope. To address these issues, we establish a deep learning model between the resistivity of seafloor sediment and its density, water content, and porosity. Compared with empirical formulas, the deep learning model has the advantages of a more concentrated prediction range and a higher prediction accuracy. This algorithm was applied to invert the spatial distribution characteristics and temporal variation of the seafloor sediment density, water content, and porosity in the South China Sea hydrate test area for 12 days. The study reveals that the dynamic changes in the physical properties of seafloor sediments in the South China Sea hydrate zone exhibit obvious stratification characteristics. The dynamic changes in the physical properties of seafloor sediments are mainly observed at depths of 0–0.9 m below the seafloor, and the sediment properties remain stable at depths of 0.9–1.8 m below the seafloor. This study achieves the monitoring and early warning of dynamic changes in the physical properties of seafloor sediments and provides a guarantee for the safe construction of marine engineering.

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