Morphology of seamounts in the western Pacific and Philippine Basin from multi-beam sonar data

Details Morphology of seamounts in the western Pacific and Philippine Basin from multi-beam sonar data Morphology of seamounts in the western Pacific and Philippine Basin from multi-beam sonar data

Dec 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978e%26psl..41..405h&link_type=abstract

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 41, Issue 4, p. 405-418.

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New multi-beam bathymetric data from the Philippine Sea and northwest Pacific Basin reveal linear chains of small (less than 40 km3) domed-shaped volcanoes (Philippine) and coned-shaped volcanoes (Pacific) rising 100-1000 m above the 6 km deep ocean floor. Some appear to have well-developed collapsed calderas and spines. Their morphology suggest recent formation in supposedly stable mid-plate regions and their occurrence in linear chains approximately parallel to plate motion may suggest an origin by extrusion from ``mini-hot spot'' plumes.

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