The western Pacific Ocean is the area with the most concentrated seamount system in the world, but the understanding of seamounts here is very limited. The Mariana trench in the western Pacific Ocean is a plate subduction zone, and the seafloor geological movement is very active. The material composition and genesis of seamount volcanic rocks are of interest to marine geologists. The warm pool and the northern equatorial current in the western Pacific Ocean have an important impact on China's climate and are the focus of physical marine scientists. There is also the coral reef triangle with the highest marine biodiversity in the world, which is a hot area for the study of the origin and evolution of marine life. Therefore, marine scientists can carry out multi-disciplinary cooperative exploration and research of seamounts, such as hydrophysics, chemistry and biogenic elements, topography and geomorphology, geological environment and biological ecology.
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The important value of carrying out scientific research in the western Pacific