Abstract:
Based on the subbottom profiles, DSDP drilling and related studies, the authors studied sedimentary environment, deposition history, sediment thickness and cobalt-rich crust resource potential of Weijia Guyot in the Western Pacific Ocean. The main conclusions are as follows:there are mainly three types of reflection characteristics on the top of the Weijia Guyot, which represent three sedimentary units; there are three depositional centers and four depositional rarefaction areas on the top of Weijia Guyot, and dcpositional rarefaction or basement outcrop areas have good crust metallogcnic conditions; the depositional anomaly area in the eastern center was related to the second volcanic activity during Eocene. This study has a very important guiding significance for the future exploration of cobalt-rich crust resources on the Weijia Guyot.